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NASA pushes back astronaut flights to the moon again (apnews.com)

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NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.

Administrator Bill Nelson said the next mission in the Artemis program -- flying four astronauts around the moon and back – is now targeted for April 2026. It had been on the books for September 2025, after slipping from this year.

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[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

The writing has been on the wall. Artemis 2, which should just be a repeat of A1, slipping this much and having a 3+ year gap is pretty ridiculous. A3... I wish they had contracted the lander and suits sooner, because delays for development projects like those are "normal".