NASA’s Artemis program, which is already planned to send the first woman to the moon in 2024, will also send the first colored person to the moon.
Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk revealed the additional mission goal in a news release on Friday praising a newly released Biden administration budget proposal that would give the agency $ 24.7 billion.
“We know that this funding increase comes at a time of limited resources, and we owe it to the president and the American people to be good and responsible managers of every tax dollar invested in NASA,” Jurczyk said. “The NASA workforce and the American people need to be encouraged by what they see in this funding request. It is an investment in our future and it shows confidence in what this agency offers.”
This photo was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft with a long focal length lens looking south at the large crater Goclenius, which is in the foreground. (NASA / JSC)
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While praising the budget proposal, he slipped into the details about sending the first colored man to the moon.
“[The funding] keeps NASA on track for the landing of the first woman and first color on the Moon under the Artemis program, “reads the statement.” This goal is in line with President Biden’s commitment to take a comprehensive approach to promoting equity for all. “
Only 12 people have ever stepped on the moon – all Americans and all men. But the most recent landing took place almost 50 years ago. Apollo 17, the last mission of NASA’s Apollo program, took place in 1972.
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When NASA announced the Artemis program under President Trump in 2019, the space agency promised to land the “first woman and next man” on the lunar surface within five years.
After that, the next goal is to send astronauts to Mars.