Apollo lead the way to the moon and we, the
Artemis Generation are going there to stay.
Those of us in blue flight suits, the start
of the Artemis-generation of astronauts, could
not be more excited about contributing to
our nation's goal of putting the first woman
and next man on the lunar surface by 2024.
We at NASA have been partnering with US industry
in order to achieve the best of what each
organizations bring.
So without further ado, the companies are
SpaceX.
The SpaceX design is a single-stage solution
using their starship.
The SpaceX proposal included in-space propellant transfer demonstration and uncrewed test landing.
The second company is Dynetics and Dynetics has many partners that they will be working with.
It also has a very unique low-slung crew module,
putting the crew very close to the lunar surface
for transfer and access.
Dynetics will perform a demonstration flight to verify key capabilities for its lander system.
And the third team is the national team with
Blue Origin as the prime.
The team's design is a three-stage architecture consisting of an ascent, descent, and transfer elements.
With this diverse set of architectures, NASA
is confident in our nation's ability to perform
the Artemis missions.
For landing on the Moon in 2024, will be the most dangerous and complex flying task attempted
by humans in more than 50 years and it's only
been done six times ever.
That's why we're so excited about how to learn
how to fly these landers so we can make that
smooth touchdown on the lunar surface and
do what we came for - lunar surface exploration.
