Artemis 3
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| Mission: | Artemis 3 | ||
| Launcher: | SLS block 1B | ||
| Crew: | 4th | ||
| Begin: | October 2024 | ||
| Starting place: |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-B |
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| Landing: | |||
| Landing place: | Pacific Ocean off Mexico | ||
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Artemis 3 (previously Exploration Mission 3 , shortly EM-3 ) is a planned space mission as part of the Artemis program of NASA . It will be the second manned mission of the Orion spacecraft and the second manned flight to the moon since Apollo 17 . EM-3 was originally intended to be used to build the lunar space station Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G). Instead, in the same time frame - in 2024 - several (as of mid-2019: two) astronauts, including at least one woman, will land in the south pole region of the moon. This plan change is based on an instruction from the US government and has yet to be approved by lawmakers.
Artemis 3 will be launched with the Space Launch System and a crew of four from the Kennedy Space Center . The capsule is supposed to float in the Pacific Ocean on its return .
planning
According to the original plan, four astronauts should be transported into lunar orbit with EM-3 for no more than 26 days and assemble the housing module ( Deep Space Habitat ) of the LOP-G, in which the astronauts on later missions will live. The module weighs 10 tons. Due to delays in the development of the Space Launch System (SLS), newer plans provide for the gateway module to be transported with a privately operated rocket such as the Falcon Heavy or the Delta IV Heavy .
For the multi-part lunar module (transfer, descent and ascent module), NASA opened a tender in April 2019. The parts of the ferry are also to be transported to the gateway with privately operated rockets. With the Artemis 3 mission, astronauts should then stay on the lunar surface for a maximum of three days after a stopover at the gateway. In the event that the gateway is not ready for use in time, NASA is also considering an independent landing.
Web links
- Forward to the Moon: NASA's Strategic Plan for Lunar Exploration , May 2019 (PDF)
- Philip Sloss: NASA updates Lunar Gateway plans (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Third European service module for Orion to ferry astronauts on Moon landing. ESA, July 17, 2019, accessed July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ SMSR Integrated Master Schedule (PDF, 1 MB). NASA, April 27, 2020.
- ↑ Chris Gebhardt: SLS EM-1 & -2 launch dates realign; EM-3 gains notional mission outline. nasaspaceflight.com, September 22, 2018, accessed on October 10, 2018 (English): "EM-3 will target a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico"
- ↑ Loren Grush in an interview with Jim Bridenstine: NASA administrator on recent personnel shakeup: 'There's no turmoil at all'. In: The Verge. July 12, 2019, accessed on July 17, 2019 : "It could be two women on the Moon in 2024. It doesn't have to be necessarily the next man."
- ↑ a b Eric Berger: How much will the Moon plan cost? We should know in two weeks. In: Ars Technica. April 16, 2019, accessed on April 16, 2019 (see also additional Twitter message from Eric Berger).
- ↑ Twitter message from Jeff Foust, Spacenews, April 30, 2019.
- ↑ a b Philip Sloss: NASA updates Lunar Gateway plans. nasaspaceflight.com, September 11, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Stephen Clark: NASA begins outlining roadmap for 2024 moon landing. In: Spaceflight Now. May 1, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Jeff Foust: NASA issues call for proposals for human lunar landers. In: Spacenews. September 30, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 .