NASA will present the manned spacecraft that will land on the moon in 2024

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The POT begins to prepare with a view to repeating a historical event for the history of humanity, such as the one that happened in 1972 through Apollo 17, through the official presentation of the manned ship que will land on the moon in november 2024 as an estimated date on which the transcendental objective will take place.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration carry out the flight to lunar orbit within the framework of the international program “Artemis” which is made up of five instances and whose completion is scheduled for 2030.

The american space agency oversees the construction of the Orion space capsule that will house the four selected astronauts who will develop the mission artemis ii. It was designed by the North American company, Lockhead Martyn Space Systems in the town of Littleton, in the state of Colorado in the United States.

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The team that will undertake the journey towards the La It is made up of three members of the POT: Christina Hammock Koch, Victor Glover and Ride Wiseman, while the remaining astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, makes up the Canadian Space Agency.

NASA Artemis II crew

“For the first time in more than 50 years, the crew of Artemis IIThey will be the first humans to fly to the surroundings of the Moon. The crew includes the first woman, the first person of color and the first Canadian in a moon mission and the four astronauts represent the best of humanity as they explore space for the benefit of all”, celebrated the director of the Johnson Center of the POTVanessa Wyche.

It is a relatively long journey since the chosen cosmonauts will spend nine days and 13 hours to finish a journey of 370 thousand kilometers to the place of destination and, once there, they will position themselves around the moon for six days.

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For his part, the director of NASA Flight OperationsNorm Knight praised the future members of the orion ship and stressed that “they represent exactly what an astronaut corps should be: a mix of highly capable and successful individuals with the skills and determination to face any test as a team.”

The Orion spacecraft that NASA will use for the Artemis II mission to the moon
Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, United States

The technicians and engineers who are working on space transport at the Kennedy Space Center, inaugurated in 1962 and located in the city of Orlando, will carry out acoustic tests in the coming months in order to link it with the service module and provide optimal conditions. for future release.

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What is NASA planning for the Artemis program in the coming years?

  • Artemis III: it will be executed in the year 2025, it will be carried out by means of a manned moon landing and the destination will be the lunar surface.
  • Artemis IV: it will take place in 2026 and the destinations to study will be both the orbit and the lunar surface
  • Artemis V: its purpose will be to proceed both in orbit and on the lunar surface and it is stipulated that its execution will be launched in the period 2026-2030

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