{"id":41560,"date":"2023-12-01T05:12:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweet-pascal.52-27-215-206.plesk.page\/us-to-return-to-the-moon-for-first-time-in-50-years-but-this-time-theres-a-big-difference\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T05:12:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:12:16","slug":"us-to-return-to-the-moon-for-first-time-in-50-years-but-this-time-theres-a-big-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/us-to-return-to-the-moon-for-first-time-in-50-years-but-this-time-theres-a-big-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"US to return to the moon for first time in 50 years but this time there\u2019s a big difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>50 years after the last Apollo mission, the US will return to the moon on 25 January 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The United States will try to land a craft on the Moon next month according to the company behind the venture. <\/p>\n<p>American company, Astrobotic, will be the first private company to successfully touch down on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE! <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/nasa-super-guppy\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\u2019s wacky-looking Super Guppy could be the reason humans are able to get back on the moon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CEO, John Thornton, explained that the aim is to carry <a href=\"https:\/\/nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov\/nmc\/spacecraft\/display.action?id=PEREGRN-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> instruments to study the lunar environment.<\/p>\n<p>This is in anticipation of NASA\u2019s manned missions, named Artemis.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite a lot of people being <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/tom-hanks-apollo-13-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">desperate to get to the moon<\/a> \u2013 there\u2019s a twist.<\/p>\n<p>This time unlike the last, the lander named Peregrine will have nobody aboard. <\/p>\n<p>A program called CLPS, started several years ago, seeing NASA commissioning US companies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Astrobiotic-3.png\"><\/a>Astrobiotic<\/p>\n<p>These organisations would be tasked with sending technologies to the lunar surface to conduct scientific experiments.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hoped that these fixed-price contracts could enable a lunar economy via a new lower-cost transport service.<\/p>\n<p>From there, it\u2019s hoped NASA can establish a base on the moon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NASA-2.png\"><\/a>NASA<\/p>\n<p>Thornton made a statement on the mission at a press briefing in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, 29 November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the big challenges of what we\u2019re attempting here is attempting a launch and landing on the surface Moon for a fraction of what it would otherwise cost,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cOnly about half of the missions that have gone to the surface of the Moon have been successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s certainly a daunting challenge. I\u2019m going to be terrified and thrilled all at once at every stage of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rocket from the ULA industrial group has been named Vulcan Centaur.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ULA.png\"><\/a>ULA<\/p>\n<p>Vulcan Centaur\u2019s inaugural flight is scheduled to take off on 24 December from Florida.<\/p>\n<p>We will have to wait with baited breath for \u201ca few days\u201d for the probe to get into lunar orbit.<\/p>\n<p>However, the landing attempt will be further down the line still. <\/p>\n<p>Thornton explained that this is to ensure light conditions at the target location are right.  <\/p>\n<p>The probe\u2019s descent will happen without human intervention, but will be monitored.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ASTROBIOTIC.png\"><\/a>Astrobiotic<\/p>\n<p>Japanese and Israeli private companies have both made unsuccessful attempts to land on the moon over the past few years. <\/p>\n<p>Only the US, Russia, China and <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/moon-south-poles-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">India<\/a> have ever been successful. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, India shared footage of their lunar rover <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/india-space-agency-new-footage-lunar-rover-playing-moon-south-pole\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018playfully frolicking\u2019<\/a> on the moon\u2019s south pole recently.<\/p>\n<p>Other companies that have signed NASA contracts include Firefly Aerospace, Draper and Intuitive Machines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Astrobiotic-2.png\"><\/a>Astrobiotic<a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NASA.png\"><\/a>NASA<\/p>\n<p>The latter is due to take off aboard a <a href=\"http:\/\/%24400%20billion%20rivalry%20between%20musk%20and%20bezos%20defined%20as%2021st%20century%20space%20race\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> rocket in January following a <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/spacex-starship-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">recent unsuccessful launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNASA leadership is aware of the risks and has accepted that some of these missions might not succeed,\u201d said Chris Culbert, CLPS program manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut even if every landing isn\u2019t successful, CLPS already had an impact on the commercial infrastructure needed to establish a lunar economy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/us-return-moon-difference\/\">US to return to the moon for first time in 50 years but this time there\u2019s a big difference<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/\">Supercar Blondie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 years after the last Apollo mission, the US will return to the moon on 25 January 2024. 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