What is the Artemis Program?
The Artemis Program is NASA's ambitious plan to create a permanent base on the lunar south pole, supporting scientific research and studying the effects of living on another world. The program aims to build toward future human exploration of Mars, with the first crewed flight, Artemis 2, scheduled to send humans to the Moon in over 53 years.
NASA's Artemis Program is a return-to-the-Moon mission with more ambitious goals than Project Apollo. The program plans to create a permanent base on the lunar south pole for scientific research. The first Artemis mission was an uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. Artemis 2 will be the first crewed flight, sending humans to the Moon in over 53 years. Astronauts will perform a flyby of the Moon, conduct scientific experiments, and test new spacesuits. The program will also include research on deep-space radiation, moonquakes, and plant growth off-world. NASA is working with companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop landers and support a lunar base.
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