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    Artemis: Nasa delays crewed missions to Moon’s surface to wait for better technology

    by Vishwam Sankaran Jan 10, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: AFP via Getty Images

    Nasa has postponed the launch date of its Artemis mission to put boots on the Moon to 2026 in order to give its commercial partners, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX, more time to develop their technology.

    The space agency announced this plan to push back the mission by around 12 months on Wednesday.

    “In order to safely carry out missions to the Moon with astronauts, we are now targeting September 2025 for Artemis II and September 2026 for Artemis III,” Nasa said in a post on X.

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