Kwintsomi yamaGrike, uArtemis uthixokazi wenyanga-kunye namawele ka-Apollo. Kufanelekile ke ngoko ukuba iNASA ikhethe uArtemis njengegama lomsebenzi wayo wokubeka umfazi wokuqala enyangeni. Kuqala kwabhengezwa ngo-2019, inkqubo ka-Artemis ngoku inayo Imephu yendlela esemthethweni , ikhutshwe ngu I-NASA , kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo yinto enamabhongo.

Injongo yesigaba sokuqala sika-Artemis kukufumana umfazi wokuqala kunye nendoda elandelayo enyangeni ngo-2024, iminyaka engama-52 epheleleyo emva kokuba umntu egqibe ukuhamba kwinyanga (u-Eugene Cernan ngexesha lika-Apollo 17). Ukwenza njalo, i-NASA ichaze izicwangciso zayo- kunye nohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwe-28 yezigidigidi-kwingxelo entsha.

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Ngaphantsi kwenkqubo ka-Artemis, uluntu luza kuphonononga imimandla yenyanga engazange ityelelwe ngaphambili, imanyanisa abantu kwindawo engaziwayo, engazange yabonwa, kunye neyakha yabonwa ingenakwenzeka, uJim Bridenstine, umlawuli we-NASA, wabhala kwisingeniso sengxelo. Siza kubuyela enyangeni ngokurhabaxa ukuqala konyaka olandelayo, sithumele oosomajukujuku ngaphezulu kwiminyaka emine, kwaye sakhe ixesha elide enyangeni ngasekupheleni kweminyaka elishumi.

Umsebenzi wokuqala, uArtemis I, ucwangciselwe ukumiliselwa e-2021, ukuba irokethi entsha ye-Space Launch System (SLS) iyehla emhlabeni kulo nyaka kwisigaba sokugqibela sokuvavanywa. UArtemis ndiya kuba yimishini engafakwanga. Iphilisi yeOrion, eyenzelwe le nkqubo kunye neenkqubo zokuhlola isithuba esizayo, iya kujikeleza inyanga ngaphandle koosomajukujuku iiveki ezimbalwa ukuvavanya iinkqubo zayo kunye nokuphuhlisa umthwalo weesathelayithi ezili-13.

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UArtemis II uyakulandela, ukuba konke kuhamba kakuhle, ngo-2023: Oosomajukujuku baya kubhabha i-Orion spacecraftcraft ecaleni kwenyanga, kodwa abayi kuhlala emhlabeni, belingisa uApollo 8. Kodwa uArtemis III, ocwangciselwe u-2024, uya kuba ngumboniso omkhulu . Oosomajukujuku be-NASA bazokuchukumisa ipali yenyanga esemazantsi, ingingqi engekahlolwa ngabantu. Kwaye omnye wabo oosomajukujuku uya kuba ngumfazi wokuqala enyangeni, nangona usomajukujuku ukufumana eli wonga engekakhethwa. (Abasebenzi babizwa iminyaka emibini ngaphambi kokuba basungule, nangona uBridenstine ephakamise umnxeba neentatheli ukuba ukhetho luka-Artemis III lwenziwe kwangoko.)

Emva kokufika okumangalisayo, uArtemis akazukugqitywa.

Siphindela enyangeni ukufumanisa isayensi, izibonelelo zoqoqosho, kunye nenkuthazo yesizukulwane esitsha sabahloli, iBridenstine yatsho kwingxelo . Njengoko sisakha ubukho obuzinzileyo, sakha nomdlandla kulawo manyathelo omntu okuqala kwiPlanethi ebomvu.

Isigaba sesibini sika-Artemis simalunga nokuseka ubukho bomntu ixesha elide enyangeni ngokusebenzisa iArtemis Base Camp, apho oosomajukujuku bangenza uphando kubume benyanga, kunye nokwakha isikhululo sendawo yokujikeleza inyanga ebizwa ngokuba yiGateway ezakusetyenziswa ukuqhubela phambili kwimisebenzi yasemajukujukwini yonke indlela eya eMars nangaphaya.

U-Bridenstine wongeze, Ngenkxaso ye-bipartisan evela kwiCongress, inkulungwane yethu yama-21 inyanzelisa ukuya enyangeni ifikeleleka kakuhle eMelika.