History of the trips of the human being to the Moon

First modification: 09/04/2022 – 22:47

After several delays, humanity is still awaiting the launch of Artemis I, the first test mission prior to the launch of Artemis III in 2025, a project that aims to return humans to the Moon after more than 50 years without doing so.

Throughout history, and especially since the beginning of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, reaching space and our satellite was a priority objective in the propaganda war waged by the two powers for decades.

The first to reach space were the Soviets, however, to reach this satellite were the Americans on July 20, 1969. This mission, known as Apollo 11, was the goal of an objective established years before by former President John F. Kennedy.

After it, there was a series of missions that continued the work undertaken by NASA in that first mission. In total, six other space trips to the Moon left between that date and December 1972. Only one of them -Apollo 13- had to be aborted due to a fuel tank failure.

But after that date, no nation has attempted to return to the Moon. The reasons are multiple. In the first place, they were extremely expensive missions that had no value beyond propaganda. Second, the Cold War ended a couple of decades later with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and in the face of American hegemony it was not considered necessary to return. In fact, other missions were prioritized, such as the construction of an International Space Station together with Russia.

But this seems to have changed in recent times. In addition to considering the Moon a fundamental preparation before making a trip to Mars and an ideal location to build a new space station, NASA now has more competition from other nations that have advanced their independent space projects, such as India, China or the Emirates. United Arabs.