Artemis

The next NASA crew rotation to the International Space Station could happen as soon as February 11 but could be delayed depending on Artemis plans.

Near‑term space programs mentioned as advancing rapidly include NASA Artemis, Chinese crewed and robotic lunar programs, and SpaceX Starship development.

NASA has a set of 'Moon to Mars' architecture guidelines outlining principles for exploration, issued during the planning of Artemis.

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the Artemis launch director.

The architectural roots of Artemis draw heavily from the cancelled Constellation program, specifically the Orion crew capsule and the Space Launch System (SLS).

Indonesia agreed to pay Avanti $30,000,000 for the relocation and use of the Artemis satellite but paid only $13,200,000.

A meeting of the NASA Advisory Council occurred on 2019-05-30 where Administrator Jim Bridenstine reiterated that the agency would not cannibalize other programs to fund Artemis.

NASA submitted a budget amendment to Congress on 2019-05-13 seeking $1,600,000,000 in additional funding for Artemis in 2020.

NASA positioned the 2020 portion of Artemis funding to be provided with new money from the 2019-10-01 budget amendment rather than by transferring funds from other agency programs.

NASA will need $1,600,000,000 in additional funding in 2020 and an additional $4,000,000,000 to $6,000,000,000 per year above current funding levels thereafter to achieve the Artemis goals, according to Mary Lynne Dittmar.

The administration submitted a budget amendment seeking an additional $1,600,000,000 for NASA in fiscal year 2020 to work on lunar landers, the Space Launch System, and other Artemis efforts.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine provided a cost estimate of $20–30 billion in June and more recently suggested the cost to accelerate Artemis to 2024 could be well under $20,000,000,000.

NASA requested a nearly 12% budget increase in its fiscal year 2021 budget proposal to help fund Artemis-related initiatives.

NASA projected spending $28,000,000,000 from fiscal year 2021 through 2025 to implement Phase 1 of Artemis through the Artemis 3 human lunar landing in 2024.

NASA indicated that accelerating the Artemis human return to 2024 requires a $3,200,000,000 budget for the Human Landing System in fiscal year 2021.

NASA and the Australian government signed an agreement for cooperation on Artemis one year prior, with the Australian government pledging to spend $105,000,000 over five years on lunar exploration efforts.

NASA awarded $372,200,000 in Tipping Point contracts to 14 companies through 15 awards to advance technologies for the sustainable phase of the Artemis program.

The fiscal year 2021 omnibus spending bill directed NASA to spend at least $400,000,000 on SLS Block 1B development, including the Exploration Upper Stage and related facilitization, to support an SLS Block 1B mission available to launch in 2025 in addition to planned Block 1 Artemis missions.

NASA’s budget proposals sought to launch Europa Clipper on a commercial vehicle to save the agency as much as $1,500,000,000 and free SLS vehicles for the Artemis lunar exploration program.

In 2021, Rocket Lab will use Electron and Photon to launch a satellite to lunar orbit for NASA as a precursor for the Gateway lunar-orbiting outpost that is part of NASA’s Artemis program.