Artemis

[ahr-tuh-mis]

noun

1. Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.

2. a first name.

Artemis

/ ˈɑːtɪmɪs /

noun

1. Roman counterpart: Diana. Also called: Cynthia. Greek myth the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon: the twin sister of Apollo

Artemis

1. The Greek name for Diana, the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; the daughter of Zeus and the sister of Apollo. Artemis was also called Cynthia.

Example Sentences

On Monday, Duffy took aim at Musk’s SpaceX in an appearance on CNBC, saying the company is “behind” schedule on building its lunar landing system for the space agency’s Artemis III mission.

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US space agency Nasa plans to use Starship to send humans to the Moon for its Artemis programme in 2027.

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It has since signed a deal with Nasa to supply those Starship rockets for the Artemis programme to send people to the Moon in 2027.

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When astronauts touch down near the moon's south pole in the coming years as part of NASA's Artemis program, they may discover a remarkable archive of clues about how the moon was born.

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If the cuts go ahead, Aschbacher said, they could also affect shared missions such as the use of the International Space Station and the Artemis programme to put astronauts back on the Moon, he said.

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