The agency says the second Artemis mission will launch in April 2026 after a heat shield issue is fixed.
Nasa's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft have been criticised for being expensive and slow to developThe agency's administrator, Bill Nelson, said the second mission in the Artemis program was now due for launch in April 2026.
The reason for the delay is to fix an issue with the capsule's heat shield, which returned from the previous test flight excessively charred and eroded, with cracks and some fragments broken off."We do not fly until we are ready. We need to do the next test flight, and we need to do it right. And that's how the Artemis programme proceeds.
"We plan to launch Artemis 3 in mid-2027. That will be well ahead of the Chinese government's announced intention that they have already publicly stated is 2030."Left to Right: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Hammock Koch. Their mission around the Moon on Artemis II is now delayed until April 2026
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