NASA Delays Artemis Moon Missions Until 2026 and 2027
The new schedule still lies ahead of Chinese Communist Party’s goal of a lunar landing by 2030.
NASA astronauts Christina Koch (L), Victor Glover (rear C), Reid Wiseman (C), and Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen (R) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, on March 29, 2023. Josh Valcarcel/NASA via AP
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed that its first manned flight of the Artemis Moon program won’t launch until April 2026, and the following mission—the first landing on the Moon since 1972—won’t happen until mid-2027.
This is the second time NASA has delayed the launch of Artemis II.
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.
