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Artemis: The Twin Mission
by Sophie H.

"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." - John F. Kennedy, Rice University, September 12, 1962. These famous words inspired America to land on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and to conduct additional missions afterwards.

Artemis, named after the Greek goddess of the Moon (twin of Apollo, God of the Sun), represents NASA’s latest attempt to land on the Moon. Composed of three missions, Artemis has already completed one expedition, with the other two upcoming.Artemis I launched November 16, 2022, and landed in the Pacific Ocean on December 11th. It was an uncrewed journey around the Moon and its main purpose was to test the Space Launch System (SLS), the super rocket equivalent to Apollo’s Saturn V (visitors can learn more about Saturn V in The Museum of Flight’s Apollo Gallery Exhibit), and the Orion Spacecraft’s systems.

Artemis II will be the first crewed trek to the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. It will launch in September of 2025. The four astronauts selected for the enterprise will not land on the Moon but will fly a figure eight, using the gravity assist slingshot maneuver, around both the Moon and the Earth, reaching further around than any other operation has taken humans.

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