Americans’ return to the moon postponed to 2025 “soon”

Targeting the moon did not scare him, but we still have to wait a while. NASA President Bill Nelson announced on Tuesday, November 9, that the return of humans to the moon will be delayed from 2024 to 2025 as part of the U.S. Artemis program. “soon”.

Before announcing the new schedule for Artemis 3, NASA was awaiting the resolution of the legal controversy surrounding the creation of the lunar landing gear. “We lost the case for almost seven months, which pushed back the first human landing until 2025.”Bill Nelson told a news conference.

“There are other reasons”, He added. The date for 2024 was set by the administration of President Donald Trump but it was not “Technically possible”Thus Bill Nelson was attacked. He also criticized the lack of funding by Congress in recent years for the development of the Moon Lander.

Artemis 3’s mission is to take the first woman to the lunar soil. The plan provides for astronauts to return to lunar soil and establish a permanent base. The European Space Agency has already secured three seats for Europeans at the future Gateway lunar orbit station.

The NASA chief also announced that the Artemis 2 mission, the first in a series of astronauts, would not land on the moon. “May 2024 Departure Date”. This second mission, previously announced for 2023. “No man can go farther than ever before. Probably 65,000 km beyond the moon and then come to Earth.”Said Bill Nelson.

Artemis 1, the first test mission to the moon, in which the astronaut will not be aboard, is still scheduled for February 2022, as recently announced.