NASA’s plan to return to the moon took another hit today when the agency announced it was delaying plans for its next Artemis mission by seven months. This is not the first such delay NASA has announced.
NASA announced Thursday that the next Artemis mission, which will send four astronauts on a flight around the moon, will be delayed until 2026 — yet another postponement in a program that is already years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.
In January, NASA said it would launch the Artemis II mission in September 2025 instead of late 2024. Now, the space agency says it is targeting a launch in April 2026 to allow more time to address issues with its next-generation Orion space capsule.
The delay also means the subsequent mission, that one sending astronauts back to the moon’s surface, will also be delayed until 2027.
The agency said Thursday…
