We need to be first on the Moon, uh, again, says NASA
to take astronauts – the first woman and the first person of color, no less – to the surface of the Moon.
One goal is to land on the Moon's south pole, where scientists suspect there is water and ice – a vital resource for human survival."I don't want China to get to the south pole first with humans and then say this is ours, stay out … If indeed we find water in abundance there that could be utilized for future crews and spacecraft, we want to make sure that's available to all, not just the one that's claiming it," Nelson said.
Russia also has similar aspirations, and is planning to launch Luna-25 – a robotic lander designed to probe the regolith and plasma and dust in the lunar polar exosphere – this Friday. Nelson, however, said Russia was less of a threat. The US has collaborated with the Roscosmos for decades, and the Kremlin probably won't be able to send cosmonauts to the Moon for a while yet.
NASA's Artemis II mission is set to involve sending four astronauts around the Moon over a ten-day journey in November 2024, its first-ever crewed test of its Orion capsule and Space Launch System rocket. The group is made up of NASA Commander Reid Wiseman; pilot Victor Glover; mission specialist Christina Hammock Koch; and the Canadian Space Agency's mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen. They got their
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