Artemis II mission set for 2024; Japan, Europe seek to make gains in space

[EMMA STOLTZFUS]
THIS IS DOCTOR ALI BRAMSON.

[ALI BRAMSON]

I’m a planetary scientist and assistant professor at Purdue University.

[EMMA STOLTZFUS]

DR. BRAMSON WORKS WITH NASA. SHE STUDIES THE SHAPES AND FEATURES OF OTHER PLANETS, ESPECIALLY MARS. SHE’S PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN HOW ICE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES AFFECT THE PLANET’S SURFACE. HER WORK IS IMPORTANT FOR FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN USE RESOURCES ON MARS AND PLAN FOR HUMAN EXPLORATION THERE IN THE FUTURE. SHE REALLY LOVES HER JOB.

[ALI BRAMSON]

Welcome to Ali’s Planet Adventures. I decided to start this YouTube channel so that I could share my love for the planets and our solar system.

[EMMA STOLTZFUS]

TODAY – SHE DELVES INTO ONE OF HER FAVORITE TOPICS — EXCITING SPACE MISSIONS WE CAN ANTICIPATE IN 20-24.

[ALI BRAMSON]

So in 2024 the Artemis II Mission is scheduled to happen. The HERA mission is being developed by the European Space Agency. Also launching in 2024 is the Martian Moons Exploration Mission.

[ALI BRAMSON]

ArtemIs II is designed to send humans back into orbit around the moon. And so now this will have four astronauts on board that will go back to the moon, orbit it, and then come back after a ten day mission. And so seeing that happen and taking that next step towards bringing humans back to the moon is a really important step and one that I’m really excited for.

[ALI BRAMSON]

This is a mission to go to a binary asteroid system. So there’s an asteroid that actually has a tiny little moon. Another little asteroid that’s orbiting it. And this is the Dimorphism Didymos asteroid system that people may have heard of because it’s where NASA’s DART mission went and collided into that little moon.

[ALI BRAMSON]

Japan’s equivalent of NASA. They’re developing this mission that’s actually going to go to Mars’s moons, Phobos and Deimos. The mission will actually go and touch down on Phobos surface and take a sample and then return it back to Earth.

[EMMA STOLTZFUS]

AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO 20-23, BRACE YOURSELF FOR UPCOMING MISSIONS SET TO REVOLUTIONIZE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THESE ENDEAVORS JUST MIGHT UNCOVER KEY FACTORS BEHIND SOME OF LIFE’S PROFOUND MYSTERIES.

[ALI BRAMSON]

Are we alone in the universe? Is there life somewhere? Trying to understand where life could be in our own solar system, I think, is a major driver of a lot of science.