“NASA is planning for both crewed missions and future services missions to the Moon beyond Artemis V,” said Stephen D. Creech, assistant deputy associate administrator for technical, Moon to Mars Program Office. “The Artemis campaign is a collaborative effort with international and industry...
America is returning to the Moon in preparation for the first human footprint on Mars, guided by the U.S. Vision for Space Exploration. This presentation will discuss NASA's mission today, the reasons for returning to the Moon and going to Mars, and how NASA will accomplish that mission....
BEIJING (AP) — China’s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is planning to put humans back on the lunar surface. The Chang’e 5, the firs...
The Experience uses holographic and 3D imagery to show “explorers” what it might be like to visit the surfaces of the moon, Mars and destinations beyond. Visitors can manipulate their environment and explore simulated lunar and Martian landscapes as well as travel to one of Saturn’s moons, ...
and predict the impacts of climate change,”Jurczyk said in a statement. “It also gives us the necessary resources to continue advancing America’s bipartisan Moon to Mars space exploration plan, including landing the first woman and first person of color on the Moon under the Art...
"We do things in steps. And the moon is one of the important steps on our way to Mars," she said. CHINA'S LUNAR EXPLORATION China's Chang'e lunar program, named after a legendary goddess, includes three phases: orbiting, landing and returning with samples. ...
NASA has been framing Artemis as an opportunity to build out future missions toMars, but exactly when hasn't been decided yet. In early 2022, the agency said the aim is to focus on the yearly landings on the moon first before targeting the Red Planet in more planning detail. ...
Weekly Planet Watch–Morning Planets: Mars (E), Jupiter (ENE), Saturn (SE); Evening Planets: Mercury (WNW), Venus (WNW). India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Leads a Vibrant Indian Space Environment India aims to be the next country with humans in its own spacecraft, joining USA, Ch...
President Donald Trump today signed a space policy directive that calls on NASA to establish an outpost on the moon and send astronauts onward to Mars and beyond, but leaves the “how” and the “how much” for later. Trump invoked the legacy of the Apollo space program during the Oval O...
“There’s a significant portion of NASA and the scientific community who have not been alive, or at least not in the workforce, to see a landing on the moon,” says lunar scientist Ryan Watkins, a program scientist at NASA’s Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office. “To finall...