THREE-PART PLAN

2022 Artemis I The first mission will be uncrewed to test the safety of takeoff, the capsule’s ability to orbit, descent and splashdown. The rocket will carry 13 small satellites into space to perform experiments and technology demonstrations. For six days the craft will orbit the Moon, collecting performance data. 2024 Artemis II Carrying the first four Artemis astronauts, the Orion capsule will take the crew farther from Earth than humans have ever travelled before. Over the approximately ten-day mission, the crew will complete a lunar flyby and return to Earth, evaluating the spacecraft’s systems while carrying humans. 2025 Artemis III This will see the next man and first woman step onto the lunar surface. Providing previous missions have been successful, the astronauts will shoot towards the Moon, using the…

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