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NASA is adding another Artemis moon mission to its schedule even before Artemis 2 has a new date for launch. Here's the latest on the program.
NASA has joined forces with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on a new mission to recruit engineers and technologists.
As part of a golden age of exploration and discovery, NASA announced Friday the agency is increasing its cadence of missions under the Artemis program to achieve the national objective of returning American astronauts to the moon and establishing an enduring presence.
NASA is streamlining its SLS rocket build and workflow to maintain skill sets, mitigate risk, and eventually launch every year. The moon is just going to have to wait a little longer.
Rather than land astronauts on the moon, the Artemis III mission will now focus on docking and space suit tests in low Earth orbit.
NASA announced an overhaul of its ambitious Artemis lunar program Friday morning, adding a new preparatory mission in 2027 that Administrator Jared Isaacman said was the “only way forward.” NASA is still planning its moon landing mission for 2028 - returning astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years - but now says there could be two landings in the beginning and end of that year.
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