From Apollo to Artemis
50 years after the final Apollo landing, we started another era of lunar exploration
Author: Danny Tjokrosetio, James Perry, Leonardo Times Editors
Artist’s rendering of a lunar EVA as part of the Artemis program
"As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.” Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, spoke the last words on the Moon 50 years ago [1]. We are returning - this time to stay.
Tension and excitement built around the Kennedy Space Center as hundreds of thousands of people gathered to watch a momentous rocket launch. Plumes beneath a skyscraper-sized structure ignited the night sky. The colossus rose above the ground, trailed by blazes so bright, it appeared as if a celestial bein...