NASA leadership is expected on Tuesday to announce a “months-long delay” to the first crewed mission of the agency’s flagship Artemis program, according to one current and one former NASA employee. The delay affects NASA’s Artemis II mission, which aims to send four astronauts on a journey to fly by the moon and was slated to lift off this November. The “critical path” in project planning refers to the aspect of the mission that’s expected to take the longest. Artemis goalsThe Artemis II mission was slated to build upon the successful completion of the Artemis I mission, an uncrewed test flight that sent NASA’s Orion capsule on a 1.4 million-mile voyage to lap the moon. The Artemis II mission is set to be the first time humans will orbit the moon since the end of the Apollo program.

Source: CNN January 09, 2024 00:26 UTC