NASA body Program ArtemisAlready scheduled to send the first woman to the moon in 2024, she will also send the first person of color to the moon.
Acting NASA administrator Steve Jurchik revealed the purpose of the additional mission in a press release on Friday praising the Biden administration’s recently released budget proposal that would provide the agency with $ 24.7 billion.
“We know that this increase in funding comes at a time of limited resources, and we owe it to the president and the American people to be good stewards and to be responsible for every tax dollar invested in NASA,” said Gurczyk. “The NASA workforce and the American people must be encouraged by what they see in this funding request. This is an investment in our future, and it shows confidence in what this agency has to offer. “
This image was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft with a long focal lens, looking south at the large crater, Joclinius, in the foreground. (NASA / JSC)
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Praising the budget proposal, Jurczyk went into detail about sending the first person of color to the moon.
“[The funding] The statement said it was keeping NASA on its way to land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface under the Artemis program. This goal is in line with President Biden’s commitment to take a comprehensive approach in promoting justice for all.
Only 12 people set foot on the moon – all Americans and all men. But the last drop occurred nearly 50 years ago. Apollo 17, the last mission of NASA’s Apollo program, occurred in 1972.
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When NASA announced President Trump’s Artemis program in 2019, the space agency vowed to put the “first woman and next man” on the lunar surface within five years.
After that, the next goal is to send astronauts to Mars.
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