<2>Nasa Announces Artemis III Mission No Longer Aims To Send Humans To Moon
<3>Radical Changes to Artemis III Mission Announced by Nasa
The US space agency, Nasa, has announced a significant shift in strategy for its Artemis III mission, which was initially aimed at sending humans back to the moon for the first time in over half a century. The abrupt change in plans was laid out by Nasa’s recently confirmed administrator, Jared Isaacman, who stated that the agency would introduce at least one new moon flight before attempting to put humans back on the lunar surface.
<3>New Approach to Artemis III Mission
The new approach would give the Nasa team a chance to test flight and refine its technology, allowing for a more incremental and cautious approach to the mission. As part of the changes, the Artemis II mission to fly humans around the moon this year, without landing, would also be pushed back from its latest scheduled launch on 6 March to 1 April at the earliest.
<3>Isaacman’s Statement on the Changes
“I know this is how Nasa changed the world, and this is how Nasa is going to do it again,” Isaacman told reporters at a news conference. “