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NASA announces major overhaul to its Artemis moon program

· 745 words · By Denise Chow
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“NASA announced a major overhaul to its Artemis moon program, a 'course correction' that will add missions and increase the pace of launches ahead of a targeted lunar landing attempt in 2028.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a planned lunar flyby mission under the Artemis program, scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026, from the Kennedy Space Center. The ten-day mission will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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“The Artemis III mission, which was set to land astronauts on the moon in 2028, will no longer shoot for the lunar surface.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a planned lunar flyby mission under the Artemis program, scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026, from the Kennedy Space Center. The ten-day mission will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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“NASA will attempt to launch Artemis III by mid-2027 to conduct key technology demonstrations in low-Earth orbit, including rendezvous and docking tests with one or both commercially built lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a human spaceflight program by the United States. The Artemis program is intended to reestablish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972; mid-ter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Artemis_missions
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Currently built and launched from Starbase in Texas, it is intended as …
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“Artemis IV will launch in 2028 to land on the moon.”
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“The Artemis program has been plagued by cost overruns and delays, including a monthlong delay for the Artemis II mission.”
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“The changes to subsequent Artemis missions came from the realization that jumping from a flight around the moon with Artemis II to a landing mission in Artemis III is 'too big of a gap.'”
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“The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft only launch once every three or more years.”
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“NASA will standardize the manufacturing process for the Space Launch System rocket and aim to launch the booster roughly every 10 months.”
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“NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya stated that other rocket configurations planned for later Artemis missions were 'needlessly complicated.'”
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“NASA on Thursday rolled the rocket from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida back to its hangar for repairs.”
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“A second fueling test last week went smoothly, but engineers uncovered a blockage in the flow of helium to part of the booster’s upper stage, ruling out launch attempts in March.”
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“If repairs proceed as planned, Artemis II could launch in early April.”
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