NASA announced that the mission Artemis II This year it won’t happen, that is, people won’t return to the moon, at least not this year. Unfortunately, The mission has been postponed until September 2025. Artemis II was scheduled to lift off in September 2024, marking our return to the moon.

This delay also harms the post-Artemis II mission. Artemis III. This was planned for September 2026has now been postponed to 2027. What will not happen to Artemis IV, which maintains its date.

“NASA is now targeting September 2025 for Artemis II, the first manned Artemis mission around the moon, and September 2026 for Artemis III, which will take the first astronauts to the moon’s south pole. Artemis IV, the first mission to the Gateway space station on the moon, remains on schedule for 2028.

NASA needs more time to refine the details of the mission, especially those related to the safety issue.. “NASA tests to qualify components that keep the crew safe and ensure mission success have revealed issues that will 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 notes.

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Every effort is made to prevent any accident or unforeseen event. “We are returning to the moon like never before, and the safety of our astronauts is NASA’s top priority as we prepare for future Artemis missions,” said NASA’s Bill Nelson.

NASA points this out everything learned with Artemis II will be applied in Artemis III. It is therefore normal that the third mission experiences fewer setbacks in the processes it inherits from its predecessor.

“Artemis is an exploration campaign to conduct science on the moon together with astronauts to prepare for future human missions on Mars. That means we must do a good job developing and operating our critical systems so we can carry out these missions safely. “The safety of the crew is and remains our first priority.” (JO)