NASA, Artemis
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"This proposal needlessly resurrects an existential threat to US leadership in space science and exploration."
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President George W Bush revived his father’s dream in 2004 with a new Vision for Space Exploration. This was put on hiatus by the Obama Administration in 2010. But its Orion crewed module and enormous Space Launch System (SLS) were reactivated by US President Donald Trump in 2017 for his Artemis Program.
The translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting the three Americans and one Canadian on course for a lunar fly-around early next week.
NASA's Artemis program has drawn attention for its plan to send astronauts around the moon. But behind that mission is a broader strategic push: a renewed race between the United States and China to return humans to the lunar surface.
A translunar injection burn has sent NASA's Artemis II astronauts toward the moon. They will fly around its surface on Monday.