Friday / 19 Aug 2022

NASA to Declare Candidate Regions for Artemis 2025 Human Moon Landing at Press Briefing

Potential landing areas for Artemis 3, with crewmembers including the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, to be revealed at media teleconference with NASA officials (L-R) Mark Kirasich, Jacob Bleacher, Sarah Noble and Prasun Desail; Regions are within 6° of MSP, are of scientific interest and contain viable landing sites; Criteria including communication coverage, illumination, and topographical considerations given weight in decision; NASA to outreach to “broader science community” to make final human landing site selection; Meeting audio to be broadcast Friday 19 Aug at 14:00 EDT

Credits: NASA