NASA announced the intention of the United States to continue flights to the Moon until man landed there.

The Artemis II manned mission has been completed successfully, and the United States intends to continue its lunar program. This was announced on April 10 by the head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jared Isaacman.

"This is just the beginning, <...> we are going to do this often again," he said during a live NASA broadcast.

According to him, the United States plans to regularly send missions to the Moon in order to further ensure the landing of astronauts in 2028. Isaakman stressed that the goal of the program is not only to return a man to the moon, but also to create a permanent base there.

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The Artemis II mission took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1. For the first time in half a century, humanity has sent astronauts to the moon again. It was noted that during the preparation of the launch, a malfunction in the communication system was found that could disrupt the flight.

On April 4, NASA announced that the four astronauts of the mission had traveled halfway from Earth to the Moon. It was clarified that Orion had covered a distance of more than 230 thousand km from Earth. After orbiting the Moon during the Artemis II mission, the Orion spacecraft is heading towards Earth. Later, the press service of the department reported that the ship had completed a landing in the Pacific Ocean.

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