CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Artemis 2 (2024) is the planned first crewed test flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft. The four crew members will perform extensive testing in Earth orbit, and Orion will then be boosted into a free-return trajectory around the Moon, which will return Orion back to Earth for re-entry and splashdown.

Detailed explanation-2: -Artemis 2 will fly astronauts around the Moon, no earlier than 2024. And Artemis 3 will land a crew near the Moon’s south pole; this mission, scheduled for 2025 or later, will include the first woman to set foot on the lunar surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -Splashdown: NASA’s Artemis I mission returns from the moon The successful splashdown of the spacecraft with no humans aboard keeps NASA’s Artemis mission on track to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.

Detailed explanation-4: -Artemis 2 is expected to take humans into the moon’s orbit in 2024, while humans are set to step foot on the moon once again during the Artemis 3 mission in 2025, though NASA has cautioned that timetable could be pushed back.