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The video is about the Artemis program, NASA's plan to return humans to the moon and establish a permanent presence there. The program has four main components: the Space Launch System (SLS), the Orion spacecraft, the Human Landing System (HLS), and the Gateway. The program has several planned missions, starting with Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight of SLS and Orion around the moon, and ending with Artemis 11, a year-long lunar crew. The program aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon, test new technologies and habitats for future missions to Mars and beyond, and foster international and commercial partnerships for lunar exploration. The video also mentions Brilliant.org, an online learning platform that sponsors the video.
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1. The Artemis program is a US-led international initiative to return humans to the Moon by 2025 and establish a permanent presence there.
2. The Artemis program has four main components: the Space Launch System (SLS), the Orion spacecraft, the Human Landing System (HLS), and Gateway.
3. The SLS is the most powerful rocket NASA has ever built, and it has three variants: Block 1, Block 1B, and Block 2.
4. The Orion spacecraft will carry four astronauts to and from lunar orbit, and it consists of two sections: the crew module and the European service module.
5. The HLS is the vehicle that will land astronauts on the lunar surface, and NASA has selected SpaceX's Starship HLS as the sole design for Artemis 3 and 4.
6. Gateway is the world's first space station beyond low Earth orbit, and it will be placed in a near rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon.
7. Gateway will be built in several stages, starting with the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) and the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE).
8. Gateway will also include the iHAB module, the ESPRIT module, an airlock, and Canada Arm 3.
9. The Artemis program has five planned missions so far, from Artemis 1 to Artemis 5, which will test the SLS, Orion, HLS, and Gateway systems and perform crude lunar landings.
10. The Artemis program has also proposed several follow-up missions, from Artemis 6 to Artemis 11, which will deliver more modules to Gateway, use different landers, and establish a permanent lunar presence.