Artemis Program: Charting a Lunar Odyssey
Exploring the Goals, Collaborations, and Future Frontiers of NASA's Ambitious Mission to Return Humans to the Moon and Beyond. The NASA-initiated Artemis Programme is a monument to the indefatigable human drive for discovery and understanding. Carrying forward the work of Apollo, Artemis will bring humans back to the Moon, laying the stage for future crewed missions to Mars and increasing scientific understanding via worldwide cooperation. Historical Context: The first manned landing on the moon occurred during the Apollo missions, most notably Apollo 11 in 1969. Nevertheless, a pause was instituted in human lunar exploration following Apollo 17 in 1972. Space agency NASA formally unveiled the Artemis Programme in 2017, a full two decades after the Apollo 11 landing, with the lofty target of sending "the first woman and the next man" to the Moon by the middle of the 2020s. Goals of the Artemis Program: 1. Sustainable Lunar Exploration: Artemis aims to create a long-term h