NASA is sending Astronauts to Orbit the Moon by 2023
NASA green-lit a plan Wednesday to send astronauts into lunar orbit missions to test out orion, the capsule many hope will be the first time astronauts have left low-Earth orbit since the Apollo missions.
NASA green-lit a plan Wednesday to send astronauts into lunar orbit missions to test out orion, the capsule many hope will be the first time astronauts have left low-Earth orbit since the Apollo missions.
The Orion project has completed the "key decision point C (KDP-C) " approval process, a critical step which gauges the progress made so far & gives the stamp of approval to proceed forward. NASA has confirmed that in less than 8 years it will be sending humans around the far side of the moon to test out the capsule that will likely take us to Mars.
The KDP-C approval gives the Orion team the go-ahead to keep working on its next two planned exploration missions: EM-1 & EM-2. The planned launch for EM-1 is still 2018, Robert Lightfoot, Nasa's associate administrator, said during conference call with reporters. And whie NASA is hoping to launch EM-2 by the original planned date of 2021, the team has worked in a little wiggle room in case of unforeseen setbacks, meaning the capsule will launch no later than April, 2023.
