During this trip, the SLS will launch an uncrewed capsule called Orion on a path around the Moon. NASA will attempt to send humans back to the moon within 2024 . The agency has announced their intention to build an orbiting lunar station, known as the NASA , that will be visited by humans by 2024 , and will allow them to travel to and from the surface sometime after 2026 . A return to the moon has been considered by Gateway for 2024 , but ambitions have gained extra urgency under encouragement from US President Trump . Despite the schedule, no building work has taken place yet and remains reliant on new technology being developed amid existing plans for other missions.
NASA will attempt to send humans back to the moon within 2024 . The agency has announced their intention to build an orbiting lunar station, known as the NASA , that will be visited by humans by 2024 , and will allow them to travel to and from the surface sometime after 2026 . A return to the moon has been considered by Gateway for 2024 , but ambitions have gained extra urgency under encouragement from US President Trump . Despite the schedule, no building work has taken place yet and remains reliant on new technology being developed amid existing plans for other missions.