Europeans

Fatima Shawky

Monday, February 13, 2023 10:49 am

Europe begins the Artemis mission. Artemiswhich sets a deadline for reaching the moon to prove that NASA and the Europeans are able to compete with other leading countries in the field of space, such as the United States of America, according to the Spanish newspaper “El Mundo”.

And the newspaper indicated that European astronauts could set foot on the moon for the first time, starting in 2027, thanks to the Artemis mission, which is led by NASA agency and its spacecraft or capsule, Orion Orion.

In return, the Europeans are guaranteed three seats on the mission’s flights, possibly from 2027, although the possibility of getting a ticket has been discussed earlier.

They are providing “half of the spacecraft that will get men to the moon and of course back to Earth safely,” said Mark Stickling, Airbus’ head of space exploration.

Europeans have begun to provide servers (ESM) for the Orion capsules, once completed, the module will be transported to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

“We are on track to meet NASA’s requirement to deliver space service modules at least once a year,” added Stickling, one of the principal managers of the two-billion-euro project.

The newspaper indicated that the first Artemis mission was successfully completed Artemiswhich is a flight around the moon without an astronaut, at the end of 2022. The precise entry into the atmosphere at a speed of about 40,000 km / h went smoothly.

The newspaper indicated that the “Artemis 2” mission will begin to be sent to orbit around the moon in 2024, and Artemis 3 will be in 2025, allowing two astronauts to land on the moon’s surface.

The Artemis missions aim to establish a lunar ecosystem for better understanding and exploration of the moon, and in the long term for manned missions to Mars.

Goals The ultimate goal is to put a lunar ecosystem on its feet to better understand and explore the Moon and, in the long term, to carry out manned missions to Mars.

“It also preserves the history of the solar system since its creation and has remained relatively intact, with no atmosphere and no erosion,” said Philippe Berth, head of program coordination at the European Space Agency.