Artemis

Artemis program

While Apollo placed the first steps on the Moon, Artemis opens the door for humanity to sustain-ably work and live on another world for the first time. Using the lunar surface as a proving ground for living on Mars

Demonstrate new technologies, capabilities, and business approaches needed for future exploration including Mars

Establish American leadership and a strategic presence on the Moon while expanding the U.S. global economic impact

Broadening its commercial and international partnerships.

NASA hope to land a man and the first women at the south pole of the moon in the 2024/28 time frame.

NASA’s powerful new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will send astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft nearly a quarter million miles from Earth to lunar orbit. Astronauts will dock Orion at the Gateway and transfer to a human landing system for expeditions to the surface of the Moon. They will return to the orbital outpost to board Orion again before returning safely to Earth.

How We Are Going to the Moon

While Mars remains NASA's horizon goal, their sights first are on exploring the entire surface of the Moon with human and robotic explorers. Sending astronauts to new locations, starting with the lunar South Pole.

At the Moon:

  • Find and use water and other critical resources needed for long-term exploration

  • Investigate the Moon’s mysteries and learn more about our home planet and the universe

  • Learn how to live and operate on the surface of another celestial body where astronauts are just three days from home

  • Prove the technologies we need before sending astronauts on missions to Mars, which can take up to three years roundtrip

Artemis gave the following awards: