NASA Overhauls Artemis Timeline, Sets Two Moon Landings for 2028
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NASA is reshaping the Artemis program: Artemis III will conduct in‑orbit technology tests instead of a lunar landing, while Artemis IV will become the first crewed Moon landing in 2028, with two Moon landings that year and a cadence of annual missions thereafter. The plan emphasizes testing life support, propulsion and communications in orbit, potential docking with commercial lunar landers, and upgrades to the Orion/AxEMU suits, with the Lunar Gateway not mentioned in the current briefing. The shake‑up follows delays, a multi‑year mission gap, and a workforce reduction, and aims to speed up missions by standardizing the Space Launch System upper stage.
- NASA announces a big shake-up of the Artemis Moon program The Conversation
- NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture NASA (.gov)
- Nasa announces change to its Moon landing plans BBC
- NASA Cancels Artemis III's Crewed Landing extremetech.com
- NASA abruptly changes its roadmap to putting boots back on the moon CNN
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