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    Artemis is NASA's new lunar exploration program. Through the Artemis program, NASA will use new technology to study the Moon in new and better ways, and prepare for human missions to Mars.

     NASA's new rocket will carry the Orion spacecraft to lunar orbit. Then, astronauts will dock (¶Ô½Ó) Orion  at  a  small  spaceship  called  the Gateway, from which the crew will take trips to the lunar surface in a new human landing system, and then return to the Gateway. The crew will return to Earth aboard Orion.

     NASA will test the rocket and the spacecraft in flight, and then send a crew for a test flight£º

    •Artemis 1 will be a test flight of the SLS rocket with the Orion spacecraft with no crew.

       •Artemis 2 will fly SLS and Orion with a crew past the Moon, then circle it and return to Earth. This trip will be the farthest any human has gone into space.

   •Artemis 3 will send a crew with the first woman and the next man to land on the Moon by 2024.

     The Artemis 3 crew will visit the Moon's South Pole. No one has ever been there. On the Moon, astronauts will£º

      •Search for the Moon's water and use it.

      •Learn how to live and work on the surface of another celestial body (ÌìÌå) where astronauts are just three days from home.

     •Test the technologies we need before sending astronauts on missions to Mars.

     The Moon is a good place to learn new science. NASA will learn more about the Moon, Earth and even the Sun. The Moon is a “test bed” for Mars. The Moon is a place to show that astronauts will one day be able to work away from Earth on Mars for long periods of time.

1£®What is the aim of the Artemis program?

  A£®To help astronauts return to Earth.

  B£®To be ready for the landing on Mars.

C£®To study Mars using new science.

D£®To test the Moon landing spacecraft, Orion.

2£®Which will be the achievement of the Artemis    series?

 A£®Going to the Moon's South Pole.

 B£®Making the first trip into space.

 C£®Sending the first man to the Moon.

 D£®Flying to the Moon with four persons.

3£®What will Artemis astronauts do on the Moon?

A£®Send astronauts to Mars.

B£®Run a three­year­long test.

C£®Find and make use of water.

D£®Learn to live not far from home.

4£®What can we conclude from the text?

A£®It is possible to live on another planet now.

B£®The crew will reach the lunar surface from the Orion.

C£®NASA has sent the first woman astronaut to the Moon.

D£®The Artemis program is of great help in Mars exploring.