The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has postponed it"Artemis"(Artemis) mission, which will send humans to the moon, including a landing at the South Pole. One of the first tasks"Artemis II"(Artemis II) will be launched in September 2025, orbiting the Earth satellite, landing mission"Artemis III"(Artemis III) is now scheduled to take place in September 2026, a year later.
The agency wrote in today's announcement"Artemis IV"It is still on schedule, and the launch is scheduled for 2028.
Future tasks are designed to:"Laying the groundwork for long-term scientific exploration of the Moon"and will"Let the first woman and the first person of color"Landing on the surface of the moon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said the postponement of the missions was primarily to ensure crew safety, as the agency needed to address a battery issue and work on circuitry related to environmental systems, including air ventilation.
Artemis 1 was launched in 2022, launching NASA's Orion capsule into orbit and providing NASA with data that prompted NASA's decision to postpone the missions.
We let the hardware talk to us, and let occupant safety drive our decisions. We will use the Artemis 2 flight test and each subsequent flight to de-risk future lunar missions"Catherine Koerner, deputy director of NASA's Exploratory Systems Development Mission Bureau, said: