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Challenges in lunar lander and spacesuit development could push the Artemis 3 mission to 2027, creating gaps in NASA’s schedule.

Fresh footprints on the Moon aren’t likely to happen in 2025 as NASA hoped. A new report warns of significant delays to the Artemis 3 mission, the result of two key contractors—SpaceX and Axiom Space—not being able to deliver the goods on time.

An ambitious schedule is falling prey to delays in new systems under development by private contractors including SpaceX and Axiom.

NASA has commissioned a private company to bring America back to the moon. Pittsburg-based Astrobotic will launch its robotic lander on Christmas Eve, which will touch down on January 25.

More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission, the United States will try once again to land a craft on the Moon on January 25, said the head of what could be the first private company to successfully touch down on the lunar surface. Only four countries have successfully landed on the Moon: the United States, Russia, China and, most recently, India. 

By Wayne Smith

The four Artemis II astronauts recently signed a section of the launch vehicle that will blast them toward the moon in a year from now.

Just one year before flying around the moon, the Artemis 2 astronauts autographed a part of the massive lunar rocket that will send them aloft in late 2024.

NASA is facing challenges with SpaceX's moon lander and the new Axiom spacesuits for moonwalkers.

NASA is facing challenges with SpaceX's moon lander and the new Axiom spacesuits for moonwalkers.