NASA’s overhauled Artemis mission design will push its lunar landing to 2028

NASA is streamlining its SLS rocket build and workflow to maintain skill sets, mitigate risk, and eventually launch every year.

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft secured to mobile launcher 1, rolls back Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. [Photo: NASA/Kim Shiflett]

The moon is just going to have to wait a little longer.

NASA is pushing its moon landing back a year to streamline its rocket production and........

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