Artemis II is managed by NASA and will cooperate ESA’s first manned mission of the Orion spacecraft. Thus, the task is expected to take place in the coming months, but not before April 2026.
Europa United States and does not fall behind China in space research And at the beginning of the Artemis II program, which aims to send a manned task to the moon because a leading European astronaut has declared ‘Euronews’.
Luca Parmitano belongs to the European astronaut organ of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the first Italian and Command to the Third European International Space Station (ISS)During a discovery in 2019-2020.
“I don’t think we’re left behind. We are in the front seat“Artemis II mission shows his enthusiasm for the perspective of the Mission, and when he asked if he was behind the US and China in the space race of Europe.
Artemis II is managed by NASA and has cooperation with ESA and The first human task of Orion spacecraft. Therefore, the task is expected to take place in the coming months, but not before April 2026. It is aimed that the four astronauts will survive the moon and return to the world and to be the first crew beyond the low world. Orbit in 1972 from ‘Apollo 17’ trip.
“We have incredibly innovative projects in Europe,” we have really developed in Europe. ” He said. “Let’s not forget that the moon passage, The space station we built It is produced around the moon, almost entirely here, in Europe. I can say that we have a unique experience, “he added.
Artemis II “will be a departure gun to allow European astronauts Start thinking about flying to the Moon. First, very ‘portal’ and one day to the surface of the moon, “he said.
“Personally, as an astronaut of the 2009 program, only two flights to the international space station, just two flights to the international space station, I really want to make a possible flight to the Moon portal.” Colonel and Test Pilot of the Italian Air Force.
“It provides a single engine to the European Orion, the European Service Module. So, we dived into the project. We will have astronauts They will go to the moon portal and the moon surface in the near future“He said.
“Very early to talk about human discovery on the surface of Mars, because it’s still We are not ready for this. We have to dream, but we have to be realistic. “
Luca Parmitano shared his experiences with ‘Euronews’ at the space station, during his six -month accommodation in ISS, Through ‘space chronicles’. Transalpin was the first astronaut to serve as a click in space. “From time to time OK to get out of the welfare area And to do something completely different in the space station, “Then it was a real madness.”
