China News Service, September 23. According to the American Chinese website, on the 21st, NASA announced a $28 billion plan, which is expected to be the first female astronaut and another male astronaut in the United States in 2024. Send to the moon.
On September 5, local time, in Cali, Colombia, the moon and Mars are in the same frame.
This mission is part of NASA's "Artemis Project" and will mark the first landing on the moon since 1972.
NASA Administrator Jim Bradenstein said that astronauts are "returning to the moon", "to seek scientific exploration, economic benefits, and incentives for a new generation of explorers."
According to the plan, astronauts will use NASA's powerful new rocket, space launch system and "Orion" spacecraft to reach the surface of the moon. A series of important tests will be carried out in the fall of 2020.
Subsequently, NASA will conduct two flight tests around the moon, one for an unmanned flight in 2021, and the second for a manned flight in 2023.
By 2024, astronauts will fly 240,000 miles to the lunar orbit and use the new commercial manned landing system to fly to the south pole of the moon through the Orion spacecraft, and then return again.
In nearly a week, astronauts will collect samples, conduct scientific experiments, and search for resources such as water, which may be extracted and converted into oxygen and fuel.
This task will allow slow progress in infrastructure construction and the development of Artemis' base for long-term exploration of the moon in ten years.
According to reports, the House of Representatives passed a bill to approve the payment of $600 million for the lunar lander, and NASA has awarded three US companies including SpaceX $967 million for its design and development.