NASA unveils schedule for ‘Artemis’
27, May 2019
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- NASA unveiled the schedule for the ‘Artemis’ program that will return astronauts to the Moon, including eight scheduled launches and a mini-station in lunar orbit by 2024.
- Artemis 1 will be an uncrewed mission around the Moon planned for 2020.
- Artemis 2 will orbit the moon with a crew around 2022; followed finally by Artemis 3 that will put astronauts on lunar soil in 2024.