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It’s been 54 years since man first set foot on the Moon. This year, crewed flights of the Artemis mission will take astronauts farther than the Moon.
According to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the previous Artemis 1 mission was successful in late 2022. This first mission was an unmanned flight test, orbiting and flying past the Moon.
On the November 2024 mission, Artemis 2 will involve astronauts flying beyond the distance to the Moon. This means the Artemis 2 mission will take astronauts the furthest humans have ever reached into space.
The Artemis 2 mission is expected to last 8-10 days. This mission will collect valuable data on the Orion module, including the effectiveness of its life support systems.
Plans for college women and people of color reach the Moon
Artemis 2 is part of the Artemis mission. One of these missions plans to return humans to the Moon in 2025.
The difference is that this mission will bring female astronauts and astronauts of color (coloured people/POC) first to land on the lunar surface. There they will spend a week conducting scientific research and then return to Earth.
In December 2022, the uncrewed Artemis 1 test mission landed on Earth after successfully completing an epic journey around the Moon, including completing two lunar flybys and entering lunar orbit.
Fly to the Moon of another planet
The Europa Clipper spacecraft will also launch in October 2024, Royal Astronomy Greenwich reported. The destination is not Earth’s Moon, but Jupiter’s Moon, i.e. cold Europa.
Scientists believe that Europa has an ocean of liquid water beneath its crust. The volume of water on Jupiter’s moon is estimated to be greater than that of Earth’s oceans combined. This means that Europa may be the only place in the Solar System that can be inhabited by humans in the future.
The Europa Clipper is expected to reach orbit around Jupiter in 2030. This aircraft will fly over Europa several times at an altitude of 25 km above the surface of Jupiter’s moon and explore almost all of Europa.
The hope is that the Europa Clipper mission can delve deeper into the composition and geology of Jupiter’s moons. In this way, humans can discover more whether places beneath the surface have conditions that can support life.
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2024-01-05 02:30:46
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