- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) unveiled its plan to setup ‘Artemis’, the first human base camp on Moon’s South Pole by 2024 through a 13-page report titled “NASA’s Plan for Sustained Lunar Exploration and Development”.
- The Artemis program aims to land first woman and next manon the moon by 2024. The report offered a summary of how the space agency will accomplish the 2024 moon landing mission.
- The plan is to make a one to two-month stay at the South Pole of the moon to learn more about it and the universe.
- Base camp will need infrastructure for power, waste disposal and communications, besides radiation shielding and a landing pad.
- The Artemis program is carried out by NASA along with European Space Agency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the Australian Space Agency (ASA).
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