No astronauts on moon until 2026 after NASA delays its Artemis mission. Know why
Also Read: Peregrine Mission One faces ‘technical issue’, NASA vows to learn from moon mission Artemis is NASA's multi-billion dollar space program intended to send astronauts to the moon since the last Apollo mission in 1972. NASA's second Artemis mission, has been pushed back a year after the American space agency faced issues with Lockheed Martin-built Orion crew capsule's batteries during vibration tests, reported Reuters citing sources familiar with the matter.
The batteries in Lockheed Martin's crew capsule will be replaced. Also Read: This NASA moon mission failure reminds of Chandrayaan 3's exemplary moon landing by ISRO Artemis 3 mission to the moon will use the Starship landing system from NASA contractor SpaceX.
However, billionaire Elon Musk's space firm is unexpectedly taking longer than expected time to meet the previous timeline, reported the news agency citing sources. While announcing the fresh timeline for its mission, NASA said that the delays would let the teams work through development challenges linked with the program.
Also Read: Will 2007 FT3, a ‘lost asteroid’, hit Earth in October 2024? NASA says… “We are returning to the moon in a way we never have before, and the safety of our astronauts is Nasa’s top priority as we prepare for future Artemis missions," said the Nasa administrator Bill Nelson in a press briefing held on Tuesday "So, what I want to tell you is, we are adjusting our schedule to target Artemis 2 for September of 2025 and September of 2026 for Artemis 3, which will send humans for the first time to the lunar south pole," he added. Also Read: ‘Scientifically important…,’ What NASA scientist said on ISRO's Aditya-L1 entering Halo orbit Several private companies are involved in
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