This post is for trainees grades 5-8.
Artemis is NASA’s brand-new lunar expedition program, that includes sending out the very first female and very first individual of color on the Moon. Through the Artemis objectives, NASA will utilize brand-new innovation to study the Moon in brand-new and much better methods, and get ready for human objectives to Mars.
Why Is This Program Called Artemis?
The very first objectives to take astronauts to the Moon were called the Apollo Program. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged the country to land astronauts on the Moon by the end of the years. NASA satisfied that difficulty with the Apollo program, landing the very first guy on the Moon on July 20, 1969. That program was called after a god of Greek folklore, Apollo.
Artemis was Apollo’s twin sibling and the goddess of the Moon in Greek folklore. When they land, Artemis astronauts will stand where no human has actually ever stood: the Moon’s South Pole.
What Spacecraft Will Be Used for the Artemis Program?
NASA’s brand-new rocket is the Space Launch System (SLS). It is the most effective rocket ever worldwide. SLS will bring the Orion spacecraft with as much as 4 astronauts riding aboard to lunar orbit. Astronauts will dock Orion at a little spaceship called the Gateway. This is where astronauts will get ready for objectives to the Moon and beyond. The team will take journeys from the Gateway to the lunar surface area in a brand-new human landing system, and after that go back to the Gateway. When their work is ended up, the team will go back to Earth aboard Orion.
When Will Artemis Go to the Moon?
Before Apollo put the very first human on the Moon, the very first Apollo objectives introduced to check the rocket and devices. Before Artemis brings a team to the Moon, NASA will evaluate the rocket and spacecraft in flight then send out a team for a test flight:
- Artemis 1 will be a test flight of the SLS rocket with the Orion spacecraft without any team.
- Artemis 2 will fly SLS and Orion with a team past the Moon, then circle it and go back to Earth. This journey will be the farthest any human has actually entered into area.
- Artemis 3 will send out a team with the very first female and the next male to arrive on the Moon.
What Will Artemis Astronauts Do on the Moon?
The Artemis 3 team will check out the Moon’s South Pole. Nobody has actually ever existed. At the Moon, astronauts will:
- Look for the Moon’s water and utilize it.
- Research study the Moon to find its secrets.
- Find out how to live and deal with the surface area of another heavenly body where astronauts are simply 3 days from home.
- Evaluate the innovations we require before sending out astronauts on objectives to Mars, which can use up to 3 years roundtrip.
Why Is the Artemis Program Important?
The Moon is an excellent location to discover brand-new science. When astronauts study brand-new put on the lunar surface area, NASA will find out more about the Moon, Earth and even the Sun. The Moon is a “test bed” for Mars. A test bed is a location to show that an innovation or concept will work. The Moon is a location to show that astronauts will one day have the ability to work far from Earth on Mars for extended periods of time.
The very first objectives to the Moon needed NASA to establish brand-new innovation. A lot of those innovations have actually been made into products individuals utilize in the world in their daily lives. NASA is dealing with companies and business to produce brand-new innovation for Artemis objectives. Making brand-new innovation assists services grow and develop more tasks in the world. Other countries will deal with NASA as partners. Simply as partners interact on the International Space Station, they will deal with Artemis to bring the world together for an objective to Earth’s nearby next-door neighbor in area.
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