NASA’s websites no longer suggest that the Artemis 3 Lunar Mission aims to land the first person of the color and the first woman on the moon – a long goal of the Artemis program that the agency has constantly called while discussing the lunar plans.
The change appeared at the end of this week as NASA continues to cancel programs dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (Deia) and also purifies any language websites related to these efforts. These decisions are directed by the push of the Trump administration to eliminate the offices related to programs and Deia efforts, so that it can eliminate “immense public waste and embarrassing discrimination”, ” As the White House.
However, the latest step of the agency has affected its Artemis program websites. All mentioned online mentioning the first woman on the first person and moon of color have taken down from the schemes posted online, Orlando Sentinel InformedHowever, it is not clear how the removal of this language can affect NASA’s planned moon missions, a spokesman of NASA told Space.com that “It is important to note that the language change does not indicate a change in the crew assignment.”
In addition to the above statement, the spokesperson gave the following statements to Space.com, which is similar to those given to other news outlets after changing language on their Artemis program websites:
“As per an executive order signed by President Trump, NASA is updating its language to better reflect the main mission of the Artemis campaign: returning astronauts on the lunar surface. NASA is committed to align with the guidance of the White House and to ensure the success of the mission.”
The agency’s Artemis program website had earlier stated that NASA would land the first woman, the first person of color, and the first international partner on the moon, according to the astronaut, ” A stored version of the available site available online,
Current version of site It says that “With NASA’s Artemis campaign, we are searching for the moon for scientific discovery, technology progress, and to know how we live and work in another world because we prepare for Mars for human missions.”
As shown so far, federal agencies have intensified with their response to sudden requests to the Trump administration to implement the change in workflow.
Trump signed a series of executive orders during the days of taking oath for his second term, asking federally funded organizations to take action in various ways, one of which was actually the mandate to close offices and abolish any related program associated with DIA efforts. Acting NASA administrator Janet Petro sent a memo to the agency employees, stating that the executive order stated that the agency’s Deia programs “divided Americans from the race, ruined the taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination.”
NASA is not the only agency to comply with the White House orders; For other federally funded science organizations-examples, the Rubin Observatory-Deia-related materials are also removing the material from their websites.
NASA has also reduced its workforce to a great extent as part of the efforts of the Trump administration to reduce federal expenses. It is unknown to what extent the agency’s budget or workforce can be reduced.
