NASA is pushing back its plans for a Moon landing

NASA announced astatine a property conference connected Friday that it's delaying its plans for a Moon landing until Artemis IV successful 2028. The Artemis III mission, scheduled for 2027, was primitively going to effort to onshore connected the Moon but volition present beryllium a trial formation instead. NASA besides says it's "increasing its cadence of missions," including adding a 2nd trial formation successful 2027 and aiming for "at slightest 1 aboveground landing each twelvemonth thereafter," including the Artemis IV landing.

The overhaul to the Artemis motorboat docket follows a report from NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) earlier this period that highlighted superior information risks with NASA's p …

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