Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?

These include NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) with a Boeing-built core stage ... call for launching no earlier than ...

NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission explained in photos Artemis 2 launch date The Artemis 2 launch date is tentatively set for April 2026, but that depends on the readiness of a few items. NASA ...

Hence, the mission launch date has been moved from September 2025 to November 2026. The next lunar mission in the Artemis series is scheduled to launch the following year. The additional time ...

If the results weren't favorable, NASA might have to disassemble the Orion spacecraft, pushing back the flight a year or more beyond the Artemis II mission's already-delayed launch date.

As for the Artemis 3 lunar landing flight, the new mid-2027 target launch date assumes SpaceX's lunar lander, a variant of the upper stage used by the company's new Super Heavy-Starship rocket ...

While the launch of Artemis II is still officially more than 16 months away, its massive Space Launch System rocket core ...

Though it isn't expected to launch until 2026 at the earliest, NASA is quietly preparing its SLS rocket for the Artemis II ...

On this date, Jan. 2, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 1. The probe would pass within 3,725.5 miles of the moon but did ...