People can’t yet pack their bags and just go to the moon, but America’s space agency aims to offer next-level, virtual spaceflight experiences to audiences worldwide during its forthcoming Artemis missions—and it’s looking to link with partners that can “visually bring the public along for the ride.”
In an announcement for proposals released Thursday, NASA voiced its intent to link up with outside entities that can advance and accelerate its use of innovative technologies like virtual reality, as well as novel approaches and imagery applications to excite people across the planet and inspire a new generation of explorers, during its planned missions that are set to unfold in the very near future.
“We want to capture the awe of Apollo for a new generation—the Artemis Generation,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement. “Just as people were glued to the TV 50 years ago as astronauts took the first steps on the Moon, we want to bring people along in this new era of exploration.”
Collectively deemed “Artemis,” NASA’s latest, weighty effort will incorporate three missions—Artemis I, II and III—in hopes to establish a sustainable presence on the moon, which would underpin its ultimate goal to send humans to Mars.
The first mission is slated for next year and will mark the first flight of the Orion capsule aboard NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on an uncrewed mission to orbit the Moon and return. The agency will make a return journey ..
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