Desk . America’s space agency NASA is once again taking big steps towards strengthening human presence on the Moon. The agency has drawn up detailed plans for the coming years, including the goal of establishing a permanent base on the lunar surface. In this recently released roadmap, the outline of lunar missions and the timeline for preparing the necessary infrastructure for the next decade have also been set.
In this context, there is a lot of enthusiasm about the proposed Artemis II mission under the Artemis Program. This mission will be the first attempt to take humans to the Moon in nearly half a century. Before this, the last time man had reached the Moon was in 1972 through Apollo 17.
Four astronauts will be on board this mission which will last for about 10 days. This mission will be conducted with the help of Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Earlier in 2022, the conditions around the Moon were tested without a crew through Artemis I, based on the experience of which preparations have now been made for a manned mission.
The special feature of this mission will be its “free-return trajectory”. This means that the spacecraft will automatically return to Earth using its gravity after moving behind the Moon, due to which the mission is considered safer.
During Artemis-2, astronauts will travel across the part of the Moon which is never visible from Earth. Not only this, during this mission humans can also create a new record for covering the longest distance from the Earth. Currently this record is held in the name of Apollo 13 mission of 1970.
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