Anonymousabout 21 hours ago
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman declared Artemis II a success and promised the next lunar mission is "right around the corner," but the 2027 Artemis III flight has been restructured as an Earth-orbit docking test rather than a landing, with the first crewed lunar surface attempt now deferred to Artemis IV in 2028. Independent oversight bodies — GAO and NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel — have flagged unfinished work on SpaceX's Starship Human Landing System, cryogenic refueling, and the AxEMU spacesuit as the critical path, while the program's $93 billion cost and distributed workforce have insulated it from repeated White House restructuring proposals.