US space agency chief says astronauts still on schedule to make landing ‘well ahead’ of China’s lunar voyage
The Nasa administrator, Bill Nelson, announced has announced new delays in the US space agency’s Artemis programme to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972, pushing back the next two planned missions amid potential policy changes under president-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
Nelson told a news conference on Thursday at Nasa headquarters that the next Artemis mission, sending astronauts around the moon and back, has been delayed until April 2026, with the subsequent astronaut landing mission using SpaceX’s Starship planned for the following year.
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