NASA, Artemis
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During its third launch, the company’s New Glenn rocket failed to deliver its payload, a communication satellite by customer AST SpaceMobile, into a high-enough orbit, turning it into nothing more than a piece of space junk — and an expensive insurance claim.
The Artemis program was officially named and announced by NASA in May 2019, when Artemis III was intended to land “the first woman and next man” on the lunar South Pole in 2024. Since then, the uncrewed Artemis I test flight launched in 2022, and Artemis II is complete.
Following the recent successful test flight of NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon, NASA rolled out the core stage.
Two women from northeastern Wisconsin played different roles to help send future Artemis crews back to the moon.