🌙Artemis is NASA's program to create a long-term human presence on the Moon.
🚀Artemis utilizes the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket.
🪐Pre-staging and the lunar station called Gateway are key components of the Artemis missions.
🌍The Gateway will serve as a hub between Earth and the Moon, allowing access to various parts of the Moon.
👩🚀👨🚀Artemis will pave the way for future human missions to Mars.
What is Artemis?
—Artemis is NASA's program to establish a long-term human presence on the Moon and prepare for human missions to Mars.
What is the Orion spacecraft?
—The Orion spacecraft is a deep space, human-rated spacecraft that will be used in the Artemis missions.
What is the Space Launch System?
—The Space Launch System is the most powerful rocket ever built and will be used to launch the Orion spacecraft and other payloads.
What is the lunar station called?
—The lunar station is called Gateway and it will serve as a hub and relay station between Earth and the Moon.
What is pre-staging?
—Pre-staging involves positioning rovers, science experiments, and human-rated systems on the Moon in advance of the Artemis missions.
00:01Between 1968 and 1972, America launched 9 human missions to the Moon, 6 of which successfully touched down.
00:38The Orion spacecraft, consisting of a crew module, service module, and launch abort system, is designed and tested with astronauts in mind.
01:20NASA is building the Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket in the world, to launch crew and heavy payloads.
02:52Artemis involves pre-staging and the lunar station called Gateway to position resources and enable multiple human missions on the Moon.
03:44The lunar lander system allows astronauts to descend from Gateway to the lunar surface and return.
