After Artemis II, heres whats next for NASA&#...

What’s Happening

So get this: There are several more steps NASA must take between Artemis II and a planned moon landing in 2028.

Here’s what the space agency expects to do before embarking on an ambitious lunar pit stop to Mars. The Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crew members aboard splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday. (it feels like chaos)

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NASA’s Artemis II crew splashed down safely off San Diego’s coast Friday, completing humanity’s first lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA plans to launch Artemis III in 2027, which will test new lunar landers from private companies in Earth’s orbit.

Why This Matters

It plans to land astronauts on the lunar south pole by early 2028, after scrapping long-standing plans to build a space station orbiting the moon. P]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix mb-10 md:max-w-170 md:mx-auto” data-r-content NASA’s 10-day Artemis II mission to fly around the moon safely splashed down off the San Diego coast Friday, marking the end of humanity’s first flight to the moon in over 50 years. The new NASA administrator, born over a decade after the last Apollo mission, ASAP made it clear he intends the gap between Artemis II and the agency’s next moon mission to be much, much shorter.

Diplomats and experts are analyzing what this means for international relations.

The Bottom Line

“This is just the beginning, we are going to get back into doing on this with frequency, sending missions to the moon until we land on it in 2028 and start building our base. NASA’s vision for the moon A week before Artemis II shipped, NASA outlined its ambitious new plan for creating a sustained presence on the moon, which can serve as a testing ground for eventual missions to Mars.

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