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NASA Outlines Plan to Land First Woman on Moon by 2024

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NASA outlines plan to land first woman on Moon by 2024 [cnn.com]:

NASA outlines $28 billion plan to land the first woman on the Moon by 2024

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The space agency said that in four years, it plans to land the first woman ever on the Moon and the first man since 1972 through its Artemis program [cnn.com].

The program [nasa.gov]calls for $28 billion [nasa.gov] in funding through 2025 for Phase 1, NASA said in its news release.

Artemis is named after the Greek goddess of the moon and twin sister of Apollo. NASA's Apollo 11 mission succeeded in landing the first humans on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Only 12 humans, all male, have ever walked on the moon and they were all American, according to Bettina Inclán, NASA Communications Director. All 12 men were Americans.

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