NASA restructures Artemis: Artemis III re-scoped, landing moves to Artemis IV
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that Artemis III would no longer attempt a lunar landing and would instead fly a crewed rendezvous, docking and systems-integration demonstration in low Earth orbit with one or both commercial Human Landing Systems. The first crewed landing moved to Artemis IV, no earlier than 2028.
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NASA Artemis restructuring and preliminary Artemis III mission plans
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced on 27 February 2026 that Artemis III will no longer attempt a lunar landing but will fly a crewed rendezvous and docking demonstration in low Earth orbit with SpaceX and Blue Origin Human Landing System test articles, targeted for 2027, and that the first crewed lunar landing moves to Artemis IV no earlier than 2028.
NASA · 2026-02-27 · Verified
NASA press conference, 27 February 2026, and NASA release 'NASA Outlines Preliminary Artemis III Mission Plans'
Recorded on Artemis III
- NASA narrows candidate south polar landing regions to nine
- NASA restructures Artemis: Artemis III re-scoped, landing moves to Artemis IV
- NASA pauses the Lunar Gateway in favour of surface infrastructure
- NASA names the Artemis III crew
- Artemis III crewed low Earth orbit demonstration (planned)
- Artemis IV first crewed lunar south pole landing (planned)
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