NASA’s Artemis mission to take humans back to the Moon has been delayed until 2025
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Photo by Loren Grush / The Verge NASA has pushed back its timeline for the crewed Artemis missions that will send human beings to the Moon. The first one, Artemis II, was supposed to take place later this year, but now it will launch in September 2025 to orbit the Earth's satellite, with the landing mission, Artemis III, now planned for a year later in September 2026. NASA said the Artemis IV mission to take humans to the lunar Gateway space station in 2028 is still on track.
The future missions are intended to establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon" and land the first woman and the first person of color" on its surface. The Artemis missions use NASA's Space Launch System rocket, which was also subject to years of setbacks before...