![]() ![]() In addition to these missions, which will be all NASA's efforts, there will be five launches carrying the building blocks of the lunar mini-station "Gateway" which will serve as a staging point for the Moon landing. The three will be launched into space by the biggest rocket of all time, the Boeing-led Space Launch System (SLS), which is currently under development but has seen numerous delays and has been criticized in some quarters as a bloated jobs program.Īffixed to its summit will be the Orion capsule, for which Lockheed Martin is the primary contractor. Next will come Artemis 2, which will orbit Earth's satellite with a crew around 2022 followed finally by Artemis 3 that will put astronauts on lunar soil in 2024, including the first woman. The original lunar missions were named for Apollo-Artemis was his twin sister in Greek mythology, and the goddess of hunting, wilderness and the Moon.Īdministrator Jim Bridenstine confirmed that Artemis 1 will be an uncrewed mission around the Moon planned for 2020. ![]()
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