This Decade Will See Longer-Term Human Habitation on the Moon: NASA

Howard Hu, head of NASA's Orion lunar probe program, told the BBC that the Artemis mission "provides a sustainable platform and transport system that can learn how to operate in the space environment." 

In a report released on Sunday, Hu said, "We will send people to the surface and they will live and do science on the surface."

Five days after the start of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission, Orion will resume orbit to the moon. On Sunday (20.11.2022), an unmanned Orion traveled 2,32,683 miles from Earth, 39,501 miles from the Moon, and at a speed of 371 miles per hour.

"This is the first step towards long-term space exploration, not just for the United States, but for the whole world," Hu said.

"I mean, we're going back to the moon. We're working on a sustainable program. This is a vehicle that transports people to bring us back to the moon," said the NASA official.

The US Space Agency last week launched a next-generation rocket as part of its ambitious unmanned Artemis I mission to the Moon. This has endured the two failures in years of delays and billions of dollars in spending.

The Space Launch System rocket set in motioned from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and sent the Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit. Orion will continue its flight to the Moon and orbit for several days before returning to Earth on December 11^th

In 2025, NASA plans the first manned lunar landing since the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. This includes the first woman to walk on the moon and the first black man.

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Artemis I demonstrate NASA's commitment and ability to provide a platform for human space exploration and extend human presence to the moon and beyond.