NASA’s $93BN Plan to Return to the Moon

To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit http://brilliant.org/FuturologyChannel/. The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. In two years, NASA plans to land humans on the Moon! NASA’s Artemis Program, which will establish a permanent human presence on the Moon, is currently underway. It has 4 main components: The space launch system, or SLS, which will launch astronauts into orbit. The Orion spacecraft, which will transport them to and from the Moon. The human landing system, which will transport them to and from the lunar surface. And Gateway, a space station that will support ground operations. Already, Artemis 1, which launched in November 2022, has successfully demonstrated the SLS and Orion, by sending an un-crewed Orion around the Moon and back to Earth. The next mission, in 2024, will launch astronauts around the Moon and finally, in 2025, they will land on the surface. After this, many more missions will establish a permanent human lunar presence, serving as a stepping stone to Mars and other destinations even further into the solar system! Source Links https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/09/Lunar_Pathfinder https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/lunar-trailblazer https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/artemis-introducing-ersa-european-experiment-to-monitor-radiation-in-deep-space/ https://blogs.nasa.gov/hermes/2022/01/28/hermes-mission-passes-key-milestone-moves-toward-launch/ https://www.northropgrumman.com/wp-content/uploads/DS-72-HALO.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Habitation_Module https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/about/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft) https://www.nasa.gov/feature/meet-nasa-s-orion-spacecraft https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_solid_rocket_booster_fs_03122018.pdf https://www.ulalaunch.com/interim-cryogenic-propulsion-stage-(icps) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_of_United_States_Human_Space_Flight_Plans_Committee https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/new-space-policy-directive-calls-for-human-expansion-across-solar-system https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-accords/img/Artemis-Accords-signed-13Oct2020.pdf https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PEREGRN-1 https://www.nasa.gov/content/commercial-lunar-payload-services-overview https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=IM-1-NOVA https://science.nasa.gov/lunar-discovery/deliveries/op-to2-intuitive-machines https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=XL1-LANDR#:~:text=The%20Xelene%20lunar%20lander%2C%20in,nine%20science%20and%20technology%20instruments. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-draper-to-fly-research-to-far-side-of-moon https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nac_october_2022_artemis_final_rev_b.pdf Thank you to velin3d for the amazing Starship HLS animations! Please check out his original video at the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoKG7RPcn5s Video Chapters 0:00 - 2:57 Introduction 2:57 - 5:16 Space Launch System 5:16.- 6:18 Orion Spacecraft 6:18 - 8:30 Human Landing System 8:30 - 11:59 Gateway Station 11:59 - 13:26 Artemis 1 13:26 - 14:03 Artemis 2 14:03 - 15:14 Artemis 3 15:14 - 16:04 Artemis 4 16:04 - 16:42 Artemis 5 16:42 - 18:00 Artemis 6-11 18:00 - 19:06 Mars & Beyond This video was sponsored by Brilliant