NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has announced a shift in the Artemis launch dates, including pushing the first return by humans to the lunar surface until at least 2025.
“After having taken a look under the hood for the last six months, it’s clear to me that the agency will need to make serious changes for the long-term success of the program,” Nelson said on a media teleconference Monday.
He said Artemis I, the uncrewed first flight of the Space Launch System and Orion capsule, is now targeting February 2022. The rocket is stacked and ready for a wet dress rehearsal that will be on the launch pad at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center in January.
