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50 years on, why haven’t humans been back to the moon? Know here

ET Spotlight SpecialLast Updated: Dec 14, 2022, 10:06:00 PM IST

Synopsis

The last footprint left on the moon was on December 14, 1972. After 50 years, NASA is planning to get ready to go back.

50 years on, why haven’t humans been back to the moon? Know here (2)

As part of the Apollo 11 mission, it has been 50 years since people set foot on the moon for the first time on July 20, 1969. After that, there were six more trips to the moon, and five of them were successful. Future Apollo expeditions, however, were cancelled in 1970, and the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 became the last manned journey to the Moon.

The 12-day mission, which took place from December 7 and 19, set records for the longest spacewalk, the longest lunar landing, and the biggest lunar samples returned to Earth. It has been 50 years since the last man departed the moon.

So, why haven't they sent humans back to the moon yet?

The two primary causes are money and priorities. The race to put people on the moon was sparked in 1962 by US President John F. Kennedy's 'We Choose to Go to the Moon' address, in which he pledged that by the end of the decade, an American would walk on the moon’.

After that promise was realized with the Apollo moon landing in 1969, Nasa faced significant financial cuts, thereby ending the Apollo program.

When are humans going to return to the moon?

Nasa's Artemis Program seeks to return humans to the moon by 2024 and establish a permanent human presence that will allow astronauts to visit the moon on a regular basis.

SpaceX also intends to transport humans into lunar orbit. Their mission, dubbed dearMoon, would take roughly a week and would get them within 125 miles (200 kilometers) of the lunar surface.

FAQs:

When was the last time someone walked on the Moon?
Apollo 17, which took place from December 7 and 19, 1972, was the last human mission to the Moon.
How many times has someone walked on the Moon?
Between July 1969 and December 1972, twelve men walked on the Moon during the Apollo program's six Moon landings.

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