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NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.
By Josh Dinner published
A big restructuring of NASA's plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process.

NASA is overhauling its Artemis program. What does that mean for humanity's return to the moon?
By Josh Dinner published
In a major shakeup of the Artemis program, NASA is adding more missions to its timeline to land astronauts on the moon in 2028.

NASA repairs Artemis 2 moon rocket in hopes of an April lunar launch
By Mike Wall published
NASA has repaired its Artemis 2 rocket, apparently keeping things on track for a possible April launch of the first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years.

'Pushing this competition': SpaceX's Starship might not fly on NASA's newly revamped Artemis 3 mission
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Artemis 3 mission will no longer land astronauts on the moon — and it might not involve SpaceX's Starship megarocket, either.

NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts won't land on the moon after all. 'This is just not the right pathway forward.'
By Josh Dinner published
NASA is changing its plans to return astronauts to the moon, and redrawing the architecture for how the Artemis missions will look moving forward.

Artemis 2 moon rocket rolls back to the shop | Space photo of the day Feb. 27, 2026
By Brett Tingley published
NASA brought its mega moon rocket back into the shop for repairs on Feb. 25, 2026, just as the sun was setting over the Florida Space Coast.

Artemis 2 moon mission shouldn't launch until late 2026, new analysis of solar superflares suggests
By Keith Cooper published
A new method of predicting when a superflare will erupt from the sun suggests that we are in the middle of such a period now — and that could be bad news for the Artemis 2 astronauts.

NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket returns to hangar for repairs. When could it fly?
By Josh Dinner published
NASA has returned its Artemis 2 moon rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where engineers can diagnose and repair an issue with the vehicle's upper stage.
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