Artemis Mission to the Moon Postponed to 2025

NASA will carry out crewed Artemis He announced that he was postponing his duties. It was announced that the Artemis II mission, planned to be carried out this year, has been postponed to September 2025. The Artemis III mission will be carried out 1 year after this mission, in September 2026. on the other hand Lunar Gateway It is stated that there will be no delay in the 2028 missions to the space station.

The aim is to stay on the Moon permanently

As the aim of future missions ““To lay the foundations for long-term scientific exploration on the Moon.” is shown. In addition, this study aims to send the first woman of color to the Moon. Artemis on her missions NASA’s It is known that Space Launch System (SLS) rockets will be used.

NASA, on SLS rockets It also experienced some delays. The reason for the delays in current missions was shown to be mainly to ensure that the team would have a safe journey. NASA announced that it postponed the project to solve some battery problems and to work on environmental system circuits. of Reuters According to the news, NASA needs to work on the battery due to the problems experienced in the vibration tests of Lockheed Martin’s Orion capsule.

Artemis mission returned to the beginning after being postponed

Artemis I mission in 2022 had been carried out. Data from that mission was also used for these studies. With the information obtained after each task, the steps to be taken in the other stages will be determined. Astronauts will be sent into orbit with Artemis II, and in further missions they will set foot on the Moon’s surface again.

Actually, the Artemis program is already in 2028 was to be completed, but the US President of the time trump and his assistant Mike PenceHe stated that the mission would be accelerated in 2019 and a manned landing would be made in 2024.