NASA’s Artemis program faces many challenges to overcome to achieve its goal of landing humans on the Moon in 2024. There are the myriad technical problems that have already occurred, and will likely continue to crop up in the coming years as NASA completes development of the Space Launch Sy...
During Artemis III, Starship is expected to transport astronauts from NASA'sOrion spacecrafttothe lunar south poleand back. It would be the first human moon-landing since 1972. The space agency also has promised the mission will see a woman and person of color walk on the moon for the firs...
Currently, there are no concrete plans for humans to travel to Mars. Much might depend upon how NASA's Artemis lunar program develops. If a lunar base can be built and crewed by the 2030s, astronauts can learn the skills they'll need to survive on the Red Planet, but first we need ...
Starship is the centerpiece of Musk's eventual plans to head to Mars. While the spacecraft remains in early testing, it is NASA's choice of lander to send Artemis astronauts to the moon no earlier than 2025. Musk's hopes of flying to Mars are undimmed. In 2011, he revealed that he p...