NASA returns to the moon this week: everything you need to know about the Artemis program

Finally, next Monday, August 29, the Artemis program, with the help of which people will return to the moon, will take its first steps. It’s still a little while before we can see astronauts walking on our satellite. This will unmanned testto make sure the ship is able to reach its destination without problems. But at least it’s the necessary starting signal to get us closer to that long-awaited second part. space race.

In 1969 when apollo 11 landed on the moon for the first time, some preliminary testing was done. What is true, however, is that the first people who traveled there had little idea of ​​what they would find. You only have to see the suspicion with which Neil Armstrong got off the ship.

But now everything is completely different. In addition to the other Apollo missions that continued to put humans on the Moon until 1972, many unmanned missions focused on local knowledge. Lunar dust has been analyzed, the best landing sites have been explored, the best ways to communicate with Earth have been explored… This time will be different, because, in addition, the Artemis program intends not only to make a small expedition like those of the Apollo missions. The goal is to build moon base and for this it is important to thoroughly study the situation.

Artemis Partners

While the space race is sometimes seen as a competition to see which countries reach the first milestones, it’s more than proven that the best results come from collaboration between the various space agencies. Therefore, in order to return people to the moon, they signed a series of agreements in which several such agencies participated. Participation in the Artemis program both NASA and the European (ESA), Japanese (JAXA), Canadian (CSA), Mexican (AEM), Brazilian (AEB) and Australian (ASA) space agencies..

The goal of all of them is to return people to the moon, in particular, to its south pole. It is important to emphasize that he will take “people”. The option of putting a man on the moon is obsolete as it is assumed that the next man to walk on the moon will be woman. The crew will also carry men, but it is planned that the role of Neil Armstrong will now be played by an astronaut. It is not yet known who they will be. In 2020, NASA introduced a new graduate astronaut team of 6 women and 7 men. The lucky ones might make it out of there, but we’ll have to wait to find out for sure.

This will be in the longer term, but there is hope that in the future, astronauts going to the red planet will be able to stop at a base built on the moon along the way. There is still a lot left for this. In fact, although the appearance of the first people on the territory of the Selenites originally occurred in 2024, it may end up being delayed. We do not know when all this will happen, but it is clear that for this to happen, Monday’s launch must be successful.