Artemis program

Artemis is both the twin goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology and the goddess of Apollo and the twin sister of the Apollo and Apollo landing missions. The goal is to lay the foundation for private companies to build a lunar economy, and eventually sending humans to Mars. The program is carried out predominantly by NASA, U.S. commercial spaceflight companies contracted by NASA and international partners.

About Artemis program in brief

The Artemis program is a US government-funded human spaceflight program that has the goal of landing \”the first woman and the next man\” on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region by 2024. In December 2017, President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive 1, authorizing the lunar campaign. Artemis draws upon ongoing spacecraft programs including Orion, the Gateway, and Commercial Lunar Payload Services, and adds an undeveloped crewed lander. The Space Launch System will serve as the primary launch vehicle for Orion, while commercial launch vehicles are planned for use to launch various other elements of the campaign. The current Artemis program incorporates several major components of other canceled NASA programs and missions, such as the Constellation program and the Asteroid Redirect Mission. In May 2009, President Barack Obama established the Augustine Committee to take into account several objectives including support for the International Space Station, development of missions beyond low Earth orbit, and utilization of the commercial space industry within defined budget limits. On 26 March 2019, Vice President Mike Pence announced that NASA’s Moon landing goal would be accelerated by four years with a landing in 2024. On 14 May 2019, NASA Administrator Jim Briden announced that the new program would be named Artemis. Artemis is both the twin goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology and the goddess of Apollo and the twin sister of the Apollo and Apollo landing missions. In February 2020, the White House requested a funding increase of 12% to cover the Artemis program as part of its fiscal year 2021 budget. The total budget would have been US$25.3 billion per year with 7$3 billion dedicated towards a Human Landing System with a Mars landing by the 2030s.

Despite the new goals, Mars missions were still intended as of May 2019s still intended to still be intended as May 2030s, with a mission to Mars by May 2030. The effort intends to more effectively organize private industry, laying the foundation of human exploration of Mars and laying the groundwork for eventual human exploration on Mars. The program is carried out predominantly by NASA, U.S. commercial spaceflight companies contracted by NASA and international partners including the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Canadian Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. NASA is leading the program, but expects international partnerships to play a key role in advancing Artemis as the next step towards the long-term goal of establishing a sustainable presence on the moon. The goal is to lay the foundation for private companies to build a lunar economy, and eventually sending humans to Mars. NASA requested US$1. 6 billion in additional funding for Artemis for fiscal year 2020, while the Senate Appropriations Committee requested from NASA a five-year budget profile which is needed for evaluation and approval by Congress. The law also invested in space technologies and robotics capabilities tied to the overall space exploration framework, continued to support Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, Commercial Resupply Services and expanded the Commercial Crew Development program. On 30 June 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to re-establish the National Space Council, chaired by Vice-President Mike Pence. He instead proposed US$6 billion in extra funding and called for development of a new heavy lift rocket program to be ready for construction by 2015 with missions to Mars orbit by the mid-2030s.

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