NEA SCOUT

Artemis I

• NEA Scout is one of several payloads that will hitch a ride on Artemis I, which is expected to be launched in November.
  
  
• Artemis I will be an uncrewed testflight of the Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket.
  
  
• Under the Artemis programme, NASA has aimed to land the first woman on the Moon in 2024 and also establish sustainable lunar exploration programs by 2030.
  
  

What is NEA Scout?

• Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, or NEA Scout, is a small spacecraft, about the size of a big shoebox.
  
  
• Its main mission is to fly by and collect data from a near-Earth asteroid.
  
  
• It will also be America’s first interplanetary mission using a special solar sail propulsion.