meri saheli magazine online Published this article page no 21 NASA hopes to extend the program with the moonorbiting crewed Artemis 2 mission in 2024 then a landing on Artemis 3 in 2025 ahead of other crewed missions later in the 2020s. Scientific objectives 142 1. Find and use water and other critical resources needed for longterm exploration. 2. Investigate the Moons mysteries and learn more about our home planet and the universe. 3. Learn how to live and operate on the surface of another celestial body where astronauts are just three days from home. 4. Prove the technologies we need before sending astronauts on missions to Mars which can take up to three years roundtrip. Moon Exploration 1. In 1959 the Soviet Unions uncrewed Luna 1 and 2 became the first rover to visit the Moon. 2. Before the USA sent the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon it sent three classes of robotic missions between 1961 and 1968. 3. After July 1969 12 American astronauts walked on the surface of the Moon until 1972. 4. In the 1990s the USA resumed lunar exploration with robotic missions Clementine and Lunar Prospector. 5. In 2009 it began a new series of robotic lunar missions with the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). 6. In 2011 NASA began the ARTEMIS. 7. In 2012 the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft studied the Moons gravity. 8. Apart from the USA the European Space Agency Japan China and India have sent missions to explore the Moon. China landed two rovers on the surface which includes the firstever landing on the Moons far side in 2019. Insta Curious On 20th July 1969 Neil Armstrong along with Edwin Buzz Aldrin became the first human to step on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Insta Links Prelims Link 1. Names of various craters and their locations on the moon. 2. Manned missions to the Moon so far. 3. Indias missions to the moon. Mains Link Write a note on NASAs Artemis program. 2. Solar conjunction event Context A team of scientists from different units of ISRO used Sband radio signals from Mangalyaan the Indian Mars orbiter to study the solar corona and locate the area of the sun where the temperature rises abruptly meri saheli magazine online buy.
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