The Artemis program will land the first person of colour on the moon, according to NASA. The new goal for the program, which seeks to land the first woman and the next man on at the lunar south pole by 2024, comes from the Biden-Harris administration.
The administration submitted U.S. President Joe Biden's priorities for 2022 discretionary spending to Congress Friday. It calls for an increase of more than 6 per cent from the previous year, according to NASA.
"This US$24.7 billion funding request demonstrates the Biden Administration's commitment to NASA and its partners who have worked so hard this past year under difficult circumstances and achieved unprecedented success," said acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk in a statement.