Bad news for humanity’s intentions to revisit our natural satellite. The NASA advertisement that the mission Artemis II It will not be produced this year. Unfortunately, delayed until September 2025. The agency’s original plan, remember, was for Artemis II to take off in September 2024, thus marking our return to the Moon. The wait, therefore, will last a whole year, assuming that no more obstacles arise along the way…
Obviously, this postponement also harms the post-Artemis II mission. That is to say, Artemis III. The latter is now scheduled for September 2026, so it was delayed a whole year anyway. The only good news is that Artemis IV remains on the 2028 calendar.
“NASA is now targeting September 2025 for Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon, and September 2026 for Artemis III, which is planned to take the first astronauts near the lunar south pole. Artemis IV, the first mission to the Gateway lunar space station, remains on track for 2028.
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What happened? Simply, NASA requires more time to refine details of the mission, mainly those linked to the safety issue. “NASA testing to qualify components that keep the crew safe and ensure mission success has uncovered issues that require additional time to resolve. Teams are troubleshooting a battery issue and addressing challenges with a circuit component responsible for air ventilation and temperature control,” the agency says.
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