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Artemis three will be
the first sample return mission of NASA's

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Artemis Program,
sampling rocks and regolith from one of 13

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candidate regions on the moon,
all located near the Lunar South Pole.

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The Apollo lunar landers returned
a treasure chest of samples that taught us

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about the history of the solar system
dating back about 4 billion years ago.

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Artemis missions will explore
areas near the South Pole

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on the rim of the moon's oldest basin,
the enormous South Pole Aitken basin.

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Artemis will explore areas nearly
1 billion years

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older than those explored by Apollo

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lunar samples
from Artemis three and future missions

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will help scientists interpret
the impact history of the Moon and Earth,

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as well as increase
our understanding of planetary processes.

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OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S.

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mission to collect

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a sample from an asteroid
will return samples from asteroid Bennu.

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The rocks and dust collected will offer
generations of scientists a window

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into a time when the sun and planets
were forming over 4.5 billion years ago.

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Samples from OSIRIS-REx
and Artemis could rewrite

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our understanding
of the evolution of the solar system.

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And that's a look
at your Artemis Moon Minute.