Kartavya Kant Tiwari

NASA's Artemis program is testing future crewed Mars missions on the Moon. With longer, crewed lunar missions, Artemis will showcase spacecraft and life-support technologies, establishing a long-term presence off Earth. This strategy goes beyond Apollo's short excursions by aiming for longer stays and collaborating with foreign and business partners. NASA intends to improve systems and collect knowledge that will directly guide future missions to the Red Planet and beyond by putting equipment and processes under stress both on the surface and in lunar orbit. Testing technology and logistics on the Moon According to NASA, astronauts will fly by the moon on Artemis 2, which is scheduled for 2026, to test Orion's life-support systems,. In the meantime, NASA has a Deep Space Logistics office to handle cargo deliveries outside of Earth orbit and is constructing Gateway, a mini-station orbiting the moon. Crews will test drills, lunar rovers, and other equipment on the surface. Th...