Artemis Moon Missions Postponed by NASA to Allow SpaceX and Other Companies Additional Time for Technological Advancements
NASA is pushing back the next two Artemis missions to the moon — including the first crewed lunar mission in over fifty years — by around twelve months in order to give commercial partners more time to develop their technology.
The date of the fourth Artemis mission remains unchanged on September 2028.
That’s because SpaceX must also develop in-orbit refueling capabilities, as the architecture involves Starship refueling in space before picking up the astronauts.
After delivering astronauts to the moon, the Starship HLS must then launch from the surface before docking with Orion.
NASA officials also outlined a handful of issues they discovered after the demonstration launch of SLS in late 2022.
