Artemis

A House Science Committee space subcommittee hearing about Artemis took place on 2022-03-01 in Washington.

CAPSTONE is heading to a unique orbit intended for Gateway, a lunar space station to be built by NASA and its commercial and international partners to support science and human exploration under Artemis.

Terran Orbital delivered and supported the launch of NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite for a pathfinder mission as part of the Artemis program.

NASA awarded xEVAS contracts to Collins Aerospace and Axiom Space in June to develop spacesuits for both the International Space Station and Artemis lunar missions to be provided as services.

The White House is proposing a $27,200,000,000 budget for NASA in fiscal year 2024 that includes increased funding for Artemis and starting work on a tug to deorbit the International Space Station.

NASA officials noted changes to earlier plans for later Artemis phases, shifting from a single base camp at the lunar south pole to several sites for later missions.

Astrobotic is part of the Blue Origin National Team that won a contract for NASA’s Artemis program to develop and provide human and large cargo lunar landing services.

Signing the Artemis Accords does not necessarily commit a country to participating in the Artemis lunar exploration effort.

NASA has contracted with SpaceX to provide lunar landers for the Artemis program using Starship.

Nations that sign the Artemis Accords are not necessarily committing themselves to participating in NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign.

NASA revamped nasa.gov and science.nasa.gov earlier 2023 to create a new home base for research, climate data, and Artemis information.

CAPSTONE spacecraft operations in NRHO provided NASA with cost-effective data for the planned Gateway space station supporting Artemis missions.

Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander will support NASA's exploration of the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program.

NASA has asked both Artemis human landing system providers, SpaceX and Blue Origin, to apply knowledge gained in developing their systems under existing contracts toward future variations to potentially deliver large cargo on later missions.

NASA will use the HULC at the International Space Station prior to Artemis missions to demonstrate its capabilities.

The Japanese pressurized rover will support extended expeditions from Artemis landing sites that are beyond the range of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle being developed by three American companies under contracts announced 2025-04-03.

The JPL revised MSR approach incorporates capabilities from the Artemis lunar exploration effort to perform the final leg from cislunar space back to Earth.

Lunar Outpost selected SpaceX’s Starship to deliver its Lunar Outpost Eagle Artemis lunar rover to the moon.

GEODES supports Artemis expeditions to the Moon.

The Artemis lunar exploration program led by NASA is facing competition from China, with U.S. lawmakers warning of potential geopolitical turmoil if the U.S. loses this competition.