Nasa announces change to its Moon landing plans

It is adding an extra mission to its Artemis programme before attempting to land astronauts.

Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon

Plans to return humans to the moon will come in later mission as agency grapples with delays and glitches Nasa announced on Friday radical changes to its delayed Artemis III mission to land humans back on the moon, as the US space agency grapples with technical glitches and criticism that it is trying to do too much too soon. The abrupt shift in strategy was laid out by the space agency’s recently confirmed administrator, Jared Isaacman. Announcing the changes on Friday, he said that Nasa wo...

By Ed Pilkington

Nasa overhauls Artemis Moon programme after repeated delays

Expanded lunar plan now aims to land astronauts twice in 2028

NASA Aims for 2 Moon Landings in 2028 With New Artemis Schedule

Jared Isaacman, the agency’s administrator, said the Artemis III mission would move to 2027 and would no longer attempt a lunar landing.

By Kenneth Chang

NASA revamps its Artemis program, with new mission added before lunar landing

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has announced that the Artemis III mission, which aimed to put humans back on the moon, would no longer head to the lunar surface, but instead focus on testing spacecraft in low-Earth orbit in 2027.

NASA kardinaliai keičia planus: „Artemis III“ misijoje žmonių į Mėnulį nebeskraidins

NASA penktadienį paskelbė, kad agentūra didina misijų pagal „Artemis“ programą kiekį siekdama savo tikslo – grąžinti amerikiečių astronautus į Mėnulį ir įkurti ten nuolatinę bazę.