NASA to land 1st woman on moon as part of Artemis mission
Could happen in 2024
Brian Pascus, CBS News
NASA announced that it plans to land the first female ever on the moon in 2024. According to NASA, it has been 45 years since U.S. astronauts set foot on the moon, but the upcoming , President Trump added $1.6 billion to NASA’s $21 billion 2020 budget to kickstart plans to return humans to the moon.
“President Donald Trump has asked NASA to accelerate our plans to return to the Moon and to land humans on the surface again by 2024,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement. “We will go with innovative new technologies and systems to explore more locations across the surface than was ever thought possible. This time, when we go to the Moon, we will stay. And then we will use what we learn on the Moon to take the next giant leap — sending astronauts to Mars.”
The 12 men who walked on the moon 13 photos
banner image via Nasa.gov
