Experts: Artemis missions and the future of lunar exploration
NASA’s Artemis program is moving toward its next phase of lunar exploration. Artemis II carried astronauts around the moon in April 2026, Artemis III is planned as a crewed Earth-orbit demonstration mission in 2027, and NASA is targeting Artemis IV for the first crewed lunar landing of the program in early 2028.
Experts at CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï are available to discuss what lies in store for this new era of lunar exploration.
Iain Boyd is director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï and the NASA-funded ACCESS Institute. He can discuss spacecraft reentry, space propulsion and Colorado’s aerospace and defense industries.
Jack Burns is professor emeritus in the at CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï. From 2016 to 2017, he served on the presidential transition team for NASA. He can discuss how NASA and other entities around the world are working to establish a permanent human presence on the moon. He can also discuss what scientists can learn by traveling to the moon.
Paul Hayne is an associate professor in the (LASP) at CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï and is leading the development of the Lunar Compact Infrared Imaging System (L-CIRiS)—an instrument that will land on the moon in the next several years. He can discuss the moon’s geology and the search for supplies of water and other important resources on the lunar surface. Â