Moon astronaut nasa. Its also the only place besides earth where human beings have set foot. In 1970 he was selected as lunar module pilot for the apollo 15 backup crew and prime crew on apollo 18. With this direction from the president nasa will put astronauts on the moon in the next decade and lay the foundation for human exploration of mars. A top nasa manager cast doubt wednesday on the space agencys ability to land astronauts on the moon by 2024.
Nasa is racing to land astronauts to the moon in 2024 a crash program called artemis. From astronaut group 4. The moon is the most explored body in our solar system besides earth having been visited by numerous spacecraft from multiple space agencies around the world. Charting a course for astronaut safety as nasa launches to the moon and to mars the movie first man tells the story of neil armstrong and the apollo 11 moon landing one of nasas most notable figures and one of the agencys crowning achievements is the foundation of nasas legacy of achievements in exploration and discovery.
The president directed nasa to land american astronauts on the moon by 2024 and the agency has committed to accelerating humanitys return to the moon by all means necessary. When program cutbacks canceled missions 18 through 20 nasas lunar geological community insisted on having a geologist on the moon so slayton reassigned schmitt to apollo 17. On tuesday march 26 vice president mike pence instructed nasa to put astronauts on the lunar surface by 2024 four years earlier than previously planned. As the lunar module pilot of apollo 14 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the fra mauro highlands region.
Kenneth bowersox acting associate administrator for human exploration and operations. The lunar module had two stages. A descent stage which carried astronauts to the moons surface and an ascent stage which returned them to the command module.