Space exploration and calamities

The COVID-19 pandemic will upset the timelines of Nasa's next manned missions to the Moon

It has been 48 years since man last walked on the moon. That was during the Apollo-17 Mission of December 1972. The US Space Agency, Nasa, is planning a new set of manned missions but there will postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Project Artemis is supposed to put a human exploration team on the moon in 2024. After that, a permanent manned space station would be put into lunar orbit and then, using technologies developed during Artemis, a manned mission to Mars is on the cards.

However, the pandemic will lead to postponements. Most Nasa employees and contractors are