NASA’s Scraps promise to land the “first woman and the color man” of the moon

After years of promoting her return to the moon with the promise of inclusion, NASA concealed its well -announced intent to land a diverse crew on the moon surface as part of the Artemis program.

Nasa’s Websites No Longer Include References to Landing A Crew That Includes the First Woman and First Person of Color on the Moon AS Part I mission, Which Is Slated For Agency Had Prevously Stated Its Intent to “Land the First Woman, First Person of Color, and FIRST INTERNATIONAL PARTNER ASTRONAut on the Moon Being Innovative However, this phrase has been removed from NASA’s website from Friday, Orlando Sentinel first reportedS

This is the most nod in a series of steps that the space agency has taken Observe President Donald Trump’s executive order Directing diversity and inclusion in federal agencies. Shortly after Trump took office, NASA excluded offices related to diversity, justice, inclusion and accessibility (Deia) and cancels all related contracts. Shortly thereafter, NASA employees were ordered to remove mentions of Deia programs, insufficiently represented groups/people, environmental justice and “everything aimed at women (women in leadership, etc.)” by the agency’s websites. NASA employees are also no longer allowed to show their pronouns In email signatures or in Microsoft teams.

NASA’s efforts to comply with the war of the administration against diversity and inclusion contradicts his more promise to diversify his crews of astronauts. In 2023, NASA revealed the crew of four people Ask to fly to the moon and back as part of the Artemis 2 mission. The crew included NASA astronauts Victor Glover, who became the first member of the Black Crew to live aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the SpaceX CREW-1 mission in November 2021. NASA astronaut Christina Koch was also selected for the Artemis 2 mission. Koch set the record for the largest single space flight from a woman after spending a total of 328 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for expeditions 59, 60 and 61. The astronaut of NASA also participated in First whole female space pathAlong with astronaut Jessica Meir, in October 2019.

Unlike Apollo’s days, NASA strives to land a more communicating crew on the lunar surface as part of its return to the moon more than 50 years later. However, it is unclear whether NASA will adhere to the plan after eliminating the mention of its commitment to a diverse crew for Artemis 3.