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In a statement, the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, released new information about the Artemis Program da NASA. Among them, when the landing missions will be carried out, in addition to confirmation that an international astronaut will set foot on lunar soil for the first time in history Those responsible for the project had previously announced their commitment to transport astronauts from other countries on Artemis missions, which would circle the Moon. But the Vice President's announcement takes this commitment a step further, allowing one of them to actually walk on the surface of the celestial body, thus ing a select group, which has only 12 . 1s2b46
Today, in recognition of the essential role our allies and partners play in the Artemis program, I am proud to announce that, together with American astronauts, we aim to land an international astronaut on the surface of the Moon by the end of the decade
Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States
The announcement was made during a meeting of the White House National Space Council in Washington, DC. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan also attended the meeting.
Despite this announcement, it has not yet been said which country this astronaut will be from or how this selection will be made.
What is NASA's Artemis Program u701t
O Artemis Program is a manned space flight project developed by NASA and by international partners from the United States with the goal of landing the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.
This project would be the first step in a long-term goal of sustainably settling Americans on the Moon, creating the foundation for private companies to build a lunar economy and eventually send humans to Mars. The American idea is that by the end of the decade this presence will be achieved
O Artemis Program already had its first mission, the Artemis 1, which sent an unmanned spacecraft into lunar orbit, which returned late last year.
The next one, a Artemis 2, it will be the first time that humans orbit the Moon since the end of the Apollo program, and is scheduled to launch in November 2024.
What will missions on the Moon be like? 3k2q3b
Each planned Moon landing mission will have room for four astronauts, but not all of them will walk on the Moon. Only two astronauts per mission will descend to the surface of the natural satellite, while the remaining two will orbit only in the Orion spacecraft or in a small space station called Gateway.
A Artemis 2 is scheduled to send four astronauts around the Moon in late 2024 or 2025.
Next will come surface landing missions. A Artemis 3, intends to land astronauts near the lunar south pole and is scheduled for 2025 or 2026. After that, the Artemis 4 and Artemis 5, which could be launched in 2028 and 2029, respectively, and will be the missions that will feature the foreign astronaut announced by Vice President Kamala Harris.
Who were the men who landed on the Moon? 174i1v
Twelve different people have walked on the Moon. All of them were born in the United States. The first and most famous of them was Neil Armstrong, responsible for the famous phrase “this is one small step for man, but one giant leap for humanity”.
All manned missions took place between July 1969 and December 1972 as part of the Apollo Program. Of the twelve, Alan Shepard was the oldest person to set foot on the lunar surface at 47 years and 80 days old, while Charles Duke was the youngest at 36 years and 201 days old.
Check the list:
- Neil Armstrong – July 1969/Apollo 11 Mission
- Buzz Aldrin – July 1969/ Apollo 11 Mission
- Pete Conrad -November 1969/ Apollo 12 Mission
- Alan Bean – November 1969/Apollo 12 Mission
- Alan Shepard – February 1971/Apollo 14 Mission
- Edgar Mitchell – February 1971/Apollo 14 Mission
- David Scott – July 1971/Apollo 15 Mission
- James Irwin – July 1971/Apollo 15 Mission
- John Young – April 1972/Apollo 16 Mission
- Charles Duke – April 1972/Apollo 16 Mission
- Eugene Cernan – December 1972/Apollo 17 Mission
- Harrison Schmitt – December 1972/Apollo 17 Mission
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