translated from Spanish: Artemis Program Wants to Take Humanity to Moon to Stay: NASA

Usa. U.S.- NASA assured that its new space program, this time dubbed Artemis, will bring humanity back to the Moon, and will be a key link in its plan to launch a manned mission to Mars.

Named for the mythological Greek Moon goddess and twin of Apollo, #Artemis will carry humanity back to the Moon — this time, for good — before we launch to Mars and to the unexplored beyond. Get the latest updates and more, straight to your inbox: https://t.co/QnxbyHn8zO pic.twitter.com/bfp34BSEZM
— NASA (@NASA) August 26, 2019

NASA also explained that on August 22, the Artemis in Space program was inaugurated, when astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan installed a new Docking Adapter to the International Space Station, to allow companies such as Boeing and Space X move cosmonauts to the ISS.

Fifty years ago, we pioneered a path to the Moon. Today, our calling to explore is even greater. We’re going to the Moon to stay — and then to forge a path to Mars and beyond. #Artemis is the next chapter of human space exploration: https://t.co/MXIvA0xFmv pic.twitter.com/TCFU8altJc
— NASA (@NASA) August 25, 2019

“The work that happens right now paves the way for the future. We’re going to the moon, to stay, in 2024. NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration program will send the first woman and the next man to the surface of the Moon in five years, and prepare for human exploration of Mars,” he concluded.

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