• DISASTER: Copenhagen’s historic Børsen on fire (Graphic DUE Apr 16, 13:00GMT)
  • ATHLETICS: London Marathon 2024 (Graphic DUE Apr 16, 14:00GMT)
  • SOCCER: UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League Quarter-final, 2nd leg, Apr 18 (Graphic DUE Apr 16, 17:00GMT)
  • F1: China GP 2024 interactive (Interactive DUE Apr 16, 18:00GMT)
  • For full details of graphics available/in preparation, see Menu -> Planners
 Artemísia: Missão à Lua e mais além infographic
A infografia mostra como o programa Artemis (Artemísia) tenciona voltar a colocar seres humanos na Lua, desta vez usando uma plataforma orbital lunar denominada Gateway, que poderá também servir para enviar astronautas a Marte.
GN39116PT

O ambicioso programa Artemis da NASA

By Ninian Carter

July 12, 2019 - Meio século depois de ter enviado homens à Lua com o projeto Apolo, a NASA trabalhar agora para colocar homens e mulheres na superfície lunar como parte do seu ambicioso programa "Artemis".

On December 11, 2017, U.S. President Trump issued Space Policy Directive-1, which tasked NASA to create a programme of exploration that could send astronauts back to the Moon.

This was followed up in March, 2019, with the President directing NASA to land the first astronauts since the Apollo era on the lunar South Pole by 2024.

The subsequent project is named “Artemis”, after the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology. It utilises a lunar orbital platform dubbed the “Gateway”, which will house four astronauts and allow for landing vehicles to be assembled in space, before being sent to the lunar surface.

The first element of Gateway is due to be launched in 2022, with the ultimate goal of establishing a sustainable human presence on the Moon by 2028.

It is hoped that the lessons learned and technologies developed for the new Moon missions will allow astronauts to venture further, to Mars and beyond.

Sources
PUBLISHED: 16/07/2019; STORY: Graphic News
Advertisement