TechByte: Artemis Missions Take Humanity Back to the Moon

Humanity is returning to the moon before the end of this decade. On this week’s TechByte, we take a look at the roadmap to earth’s natural satellite.

Nasa is committed to returning humans to the moon before the close of this decade. The last person to set foot on the moon was Gene Cernan all the way back in 1972. For over 54 years, the moon has been abandoned, floating silently in space. Occasionally seeing a rover or two from China, Japan, India, and Russia.

Nasa’s Artemis 2 Crewed Test Flight is set to lift off on February 6th, taking astronauts around the moon and back.

In 2027, Artemis 3 will blast off, taking humans back to the lunar surface.
Artemis 4 will be yet another crewed landing, PLUS, the astronauts will put in place the Lunar Gateway, a permanent space station to orbit the moon. 

Further launches of the Artemis program will attach more modules to the Lunar Gateway. The purpose of the Lunar gateway is to both study the moon, but also act as a jumping off point for missions further into our solar system, with Mars Missions expected in the next 20 years.

This is definitely an exciting time for science, and for that good old American Exploring spirit. Maybe someday we can go up there too!