NASA Cancels Artemis III's Crewed Landing
NASA Cancels Artemis III's Crewed Landing
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NASA Cancels Artemis III's Crewed Landing
Humanity will eventually return to the lunar surface, but NASA had to face the fact that the current approach just isn't working.
Last week, NASA announced that its Artemis II mission will be pushed to April at the earliest, due to issues with its helium tanks. Now, it's broken the news that the Artemis III follow-up mission will totally cancel its original goal of landing astronauts on the Moon.
Instead, Artemis III—now scheduled to take place in 2027—will be another crewed flight without a landing phase, followed by Artemis IV, a crewed lander mission, hopefully in 2028.