Artemis Program

The Artemis I mission will launch atop the first Space Launch System rocket on a month-long mission to the moon and back. It will be uncrewed. Credit: NASA

Artemis 1 will be the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. During this flight, the spacecraft will launch on the most powerful rocket in the world and fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about a three-week mission. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before. With this first exploration mission, NASA is leading the next steps of human exploration into deep space where astronauts will build and begin testing the systems near the Moon needed for lunar surface missions and exploration to other destinations farther from Earth, including Mars. Learn more at: https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1 #artemis Download link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Artemis%20I%20NASA%E2%80%99s%20Plans%20to%20Travel%20Beyond%20the%20Moon Editor: Sonnet Apple Music: Universal Production Music/"The Wraith"

Firing up the rocket for the Artemis Moon missions, a nomination for NASA’s next administrator, and making room for the space station’s next crew … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Firing%20up%20the%20Rocket%20for%20the%20Artemis%20Moon%20Missions%20on%20This%20Week%[email protected]%20%E2%80%93%20March%2019,%202021 Producer credit: Andre Valentine Editor: Sonnet Apple Music: Universal Production Music

Work is underway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for America’s future rocket that will head back to the Moon. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and next man on the Moon. The first step in this series of increasingly complex missions is Artemis I, a test flight for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft. During Artemis I, Orion will launch atop the 212-foot SLS and fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown. The approximately three-week, uncrewed mission will take the spacecraft thousands of miles past the Moon, about 280,000 miles from Earth.

Deep space exploration begins on American factory floors. The launch of Artemis I will bring together the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System and the Orion Spacecraft, to prepare us to land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced on Feb. 4, 2021 that the Biden administration supports NASA's Artemis program to return humans to the surface of the moon. Credit: Whitehouse.gov

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The date is set. NASA and its partners, Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne, will conduct a “hot fire” of the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Jan. 16 at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The hot fire test is the eighth and final test of the SLS Green Run test series. Together with the previously completed structural test campaign and RS-25 test series, Green Run testing verifies the core stage and the engines are ready for NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon. NASA will broadcast the Green Run Hot Fire test live on NASA TV and the agency’s website. For more information about SLS and Green Run, visit https://www.nasa.gov/greenrun

NASA is targeting the final test in the Green Run series, the hot fire, for Sat., Jan.16. The hot fire is the culmination of the Green Run test series, an eight-part test campaign that gradually brings the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) — the deep space rocket that will power the Artemis program's human missions to the Moon — to life for the first time. All four of the stage’s RS-25 engines will be fired simultaneously for up to eight minutes to simulate the core stage’s performance during launch. The next time this core stage will be fired is during the launch of Artemis I, the first integrated flight of SLS and Orion, and the first mission of the agency’s Artemis program. For more information about the Artemis program, please visit https://www.nasa.gov/artemis/ Producer/Editor: Lacey Young Music: Universal Production Music

The Vice President introduces the Artemis team of astronauts, progress on hardware for upcoming Artemis missions, and the science priorities for our next human mission on the Moon … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Introducing%20the%20Artemis%20Team%20of%20Astronauts%20on%20This%20Week%[email protected]%20%E2%80%93%20December%2011,%202020

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam Video Credits: Producer: Paul Wizikowski Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski Editor: Hunter Brothers

What progress have we made on returning to the Moon to build a sustainable human presence there? Tune in starting at 12:30pm ET, Wed., Dec. 9 for the eighth meeting of the National Space Council, including a news update from Vice President Pence and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on our Artemis program to send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024. The National Space Council advises the president on America's space policy and strategy and reviews the nation's long-range goals for space activities.

NASA astronaut Raja Chari is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://go.nasa.gov/3r13rIo Video Credits: Producer: Paul Wizikowski Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski Editor: Phillip Sexton

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://go.nasa.gov/387gcIP Video Credits: Producer: Paul Wizikowski Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski Editor: Aaron Barfus

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://go.nasa.gov/34hT9Kp Video Credits: Producer: Paul Wizikowski Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski Editor: Hunter Brothers

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://go.nasa.gov/34hZiGj Video Credits: Producer: Paul Wizikowski Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski Editor: Dexter Herbert

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://go.nasa.gov/2K6I7ke Video Credits: Producer: Paul Wizikowski Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski Editor: Jason Clemons

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://go.nasa.gov/2K6ef7z Video Credits: Producer: Paul Wizikowski Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski Editor: Aaron Barfus

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://go.nasa.gov/3r06hxy Video Credits: Producer: Paul Wizikowski Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski Editor: Aaron Barfus

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://go.nasa.gov/34wPdpl Video Credits: Producer: Paul Wizikowski Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski Editor: Jamie Quinn