With "Artemis", NASA is planning a moon landing - a woman is also said to fly. US President Trump plays a special role in this.
- The NASA plans to want to get even 2,024 people to the moon.
- Despite the corona crisis, a lucrative order has now been placed.
- The Artemis mission should show, among other things, how people react to other environments.
Houston (USA) - While Earth appears to be turning differently in the Corona crisis, NASA's space program continues. Three space travelers - two men and one woman - have landed. You were on the ISS space station .
ICYMI: Three space travelers returned home today!
@ AstroDrewMorgan, @Astro_Jessica and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos are safely back on Earth from their mission on board the @Space_Station, after their Soyuz spacecraft landed at 1:16 am ET: https://t.co/2ClaTfrc5L pic.twitter .com / lhOZj6cts8
And work continues on the Artemis program : people should fly to the moon by 2024, and then for the first time with a woman on board.
NASA's space mission: moon landing 2024 - despite high costs
As recently as February, the Trump administration proposed in a budget proposal to increase NASA's budget from 22.6 billion euros (2020) to 28.6 billion euros in 2023. It is still unclear how NASA's Artemis program can be financed with this, but the direction seems to be clear: A moon landing originally planned for 2028 had only been brought forward to 2024 a few months earlier. If she were to be re-elected, she would still fall into Donald Trump's next term in office .
At the end of March, the private company SpaceX received the order to deliver goods to a station in the moon's orbit - this order was another important step towards the moon landing in 2024, according to NASA in its announcement. It also seems certain that a woman will then be on board the mission.
NASA's moon mission: US President Trump wants it in 2024
A home office employee explained what NASA wants to achieve with this moon landing in a video on Twitter. Dr. Ryan Norman examines how space radiation affects people's bodies.
Are there plans for a base station on the moon?
What are we going to learn from new lunar missions?
How are astronauts training for #Artemis?
What's it like working at NASA?
You asked and we answered! Research physicist Ryan Norman answers your #NASAatHome questions. pic.twitter.com/uQtaqLIcHP
From the south pole of the moon you want to explore the moon - at least over short distances, take samples and observe how people behave in a different radiation environment , what the risks are. To prepare for this, astronauts would complete the normal training program.
As NASA writes, this should not only further research the moon, but also lay the foundation for making a landing on Mars more likely.
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