NASA is to reveal the names on Monday of the astronauts—three Americans and a Canadian—who will fly around the Moon next year, a prelude to returning humans to the lunar surface for the first time in a half century.
The mission, Artemis II, is scheduled to take place in November 2024 with the four-person crew circling the Moon but not landing on it.
Besides putting the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, the US space agency hopes to establish a lasting human presence on theNASA administrator Bill Nelson said this week at a"What's Next Summit" hosted by Axios that he expected a crewed mission to Mars by the year 2040. The 10-day Artemis II mission will test NASA's powerful Space Launch System rocket as well as the life-support systems aboard the Orion spacecraft.wrapped up in December with an uncrewed Orion capsule returning safely to Earth after a 25-day journey around the Moon.
Nelson was also asked at the Axios summit whether NASA could stick to its timetable of landing astronauts on the south pole of the Moon in late 2025.
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