CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Eight participants from across the world including the Indian television serial “Baalveer” fame Dev D Joshi have been selected to be part of an all-civilian squad to voyage around the moon in 2023.

Detailed explanation-3: -The plan is that this will help pave the way for humans to walk on the moon again in 2024, including the first woman to go to the moon. That woman could be Caribou native and astronaut Jessica Meir. NASA has an initial team of astronauts that are part of the Artemis Team, and that includes Maine’s Meir.

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.