NASA Artemis With the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with our commercial and international partners and establish sustainable exploration by the end of the decade.

Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology. Now, she personifies our path to the Moon as the name of NASA's program to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024, including the first woman and the next man.

NASA has set its first Artemis test flight for 2021 — an uncrewed mission aimed at checking its vital systems — ahead of its 2024 target date for returning people to the Moon. And according to the space agency's newly-published program outline, it still expects to meet both deadlines. NASA has just made public its new lunar exploration program overview, which serves as a bird’s-eye ...

Sept. 22 (UPI) -- NASA has released new details of its Artemis project to send astronauts to the surface of the moon by 2024, including the cost of its first phase -- $28 billion.

NASA's Artemis program is an effort to place astronauts on the lunar surface and develop an ongoing presence there. The program's name is derived from Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon and...