The Artemis mission aims to return NASA astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1977. But NASA has announced that the Artemis III mission, originally scheduled for 2026, has now been delayed to mid-2027.
At the same time, the Artemis II mission, which sent astronauts around the moon, has been delayed from September 2025 to April 2026. The delay was made to ensure that the Orion capsule could be fully completed before the human crew could be sent.
The Artemis I mission was successfully carried out in 2022 with only three statues named Commander Moonikin Campos, Helga and Zohar. All three statues are equipped with radiation sensors, an oxygen supply system and a pressurization system that ensures that human astronauts can safely carry out the mission.
Since the beginning, the Artemis Mission has faced various issues such as the SLS rocket being delayed several times, the Orion spacecraft could not be completed and also the failure of the Starship spacecraft test by SpaceX.