Race to the Moon: the manned missions to lunar surface
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WASHINGTON — NASA on Tuesday added more delays to its Artemis moon program, scheduling for 2026 its first astronaut lunar landing in half a century while spacecraft from Elon Musk’s
Artemis III mission to land four astronauts near lunar south pole will be delayed until 2026
NASA on Tuesday added more delays to its Artemis moon program, scheduling for 2026 its first astronaut lunar landing in half a century while spacecraft from Elon Musk's SpaceX, Lockheed Martin and other contractors face development challenges. The U.S. space agency's first two Artemis missions involving astronauts were each pushed back nearly a year in delays designed "to give the Artemis teams more time to work through the challenges," NASA administrator Bill Nelson told reporters in a news conference.
Issues around the Orion capsule’s heat shield and the spacecraft’s batteries and electrical system are among the reasons for pushing back the Artemis missions.