NASA’s making new journey plans to return to the moon.
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NASA’s mission to place individuals again on the moon now has a reputation: Artemis. That is not a random alternative: In Greek mythology, the goddess Artemis is the dual sister of Apollo, after whom the unique moon touchdown missions had been named.
The house company’s up to date funds request asks for $1.6 billion to assist get that mission to the moon off the bottom, The New York Occasions reported Monday. NASA confirmed the information on Twitter.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted that the Artemis mission can be the primary time a girl walks on the moon, one thing Vice President Mike Pence had alluded to in March. That very same month, NASA scrapped plans for the first all-female spacewalk due to a spacesuit sizing subject.
Our #Moon2024 mission is being named after Artemis, who was a sister to Apollo and goddess of the Moon. We’re excited to be touchdown the primary girl and subsequent man on the floor of the Moon by 2024. pic.twitter.com/ri0MnoZN0k
— Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) Might 13, 2019
President Donald Trump additionally tweeted in regards to the proposed enhance.
Underneath my Administration, we’re restoring @NASA to greatness and we’re going again to the Moon, then Mars. I’m updating my funds to incorporate a further $1.6 billion in order that we will return to House in a BIG WAY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Might 13, 2019
The information comes simply over a month earlier than the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon touchdown in 1969. Final August, Pence spoke at NASA’s Johnson House Middle and laid out plans for people to develop a everlasting moon base and journey to Mars.
NASA did not instantly reply to a request for extra remark.
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