As Ukrinform reported, this is stated in a press release on the agency’s official website.

“The Moon to Mars Program Office will help prepare NASA for our bold missions to the Moon and land the first humans on Mars,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

Amit Kshatriya will be the first head of the newly created office.

The new office is located in the Research Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESMD) and reports to Assistant Director Jim Free.

Under the NASA Authorization Act of 2022, the Moon to Mars Program Office focuses on hardware development, mission integration, and program risk management functions critical to the agency’s approach to exploration, using the Artemis program’s lunar missions to usher in and open a new era of scientific exploration. Beginning of human missions to Mars.

This specifically includes the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, auxiliary ground systems, human landing systems, spacesuits, Gateway component, etc. related to deep space exploration. includes.

The new NASA office will also lead the planning and analysis of long-term developments to support human missions to Mars.

As Ukrinform reports, NASA’s Perseverance rover captured part of the Ingenuity helicopter’s 47th flight over the Red Planet.