WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's administration announced on Tuesday that it was speeding up plans to send US astronauts back to the Moon, from 2028 to 2024, calling for a 'spark of urgency' to prevail over delays that have plagued the National Aeronautics and Space...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's administration announced on Tuesday that it was speeding up plans to send US astronauts back to the Moon, from 2028 to 2024, calling for a"spark of urgency" to prevail over delays that have plagued the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's plans.
"It is the stated policy of this administration and the United States to return American astronauts to the Moon, within the next five years," Vice-President Mike Pence vowed in a speech in Huntsville, Alabama. "Let me be clear, the first woman and the next man on the Moon will both be American astronauts launched by American rockets from American soil," he said, echoing previous declarations by Nasa chief Jim Bridenstine that a woman could be the next human to set foot on the Moon.
The first manned moon flight since the last Apollo mission in 1972 had been scheduled for 2028. But the programme has encountered delays in the development of a new heavy rocket for the moon missions, the Space Launch System. -
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