What Would Living on The Moon Really Do to The Human Body?

The Artemis program aims to establish an outpost and a sustained human presence at the Moon’s South Pole.

Artemis I (2022) tested the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft on an uncrewed mission around the Moon.

Artemis II launched on April 1, 2026 — a ten-day mission that carried four astronauts around the Moon.

NASA plans to spend US$20 billion on a lunar surface base to support repeated, progressively longer surface stays and to inform future Mars missions.

Living on the Moon will challenge every organ system: the lunar space exposome includes one-sixth gravity, chronic cosmic radiation, extreme temperature swings, toxic lunar dust, operations outside Earth’s magnetic field, and psychological stressors like isolation, disrupted sleep–wake cycles, and prolonged confinement.