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NASA's Artemis II crew returned safely on April 10, 2026, completing the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years — but the program's first Moon landing has been pushed to 2028 at the earliest, with Artemis III restructured as an Earth-orbit test mission. With costs exceeding $93 billion and counting, unfinished SpaceX HLS milestones, and China targeting its own crewed lunar landing by 2030, the Artemis program faces mounting pressure from critics who question whether the Space Launch System is a sustainable path forward.