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Nearly four years ago, NASA announced that its Artemis III mission would include a lot of firsts: it would be the first to land on the moon since the end of the Apollo era, the first to touch down near the moon's rugged south pole and the first to put both a woman and a person of color on the lunar surface. @npr reports:
npr.org/2025/03/25/g-s1-55665/

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Here is a #NASA news article about issues of the #Artemis Moon landing program, which has no reference whatsoever to #SpaceX, a company that was previously freely advertised by NASA. The only indirect reference to SpaceX is "along with the human landing system" (#HLS). That system was awarded by contract to the company.

Interestingly, no reference was made to possible delays to #Artemis3 caused by SpaceX developing/building/testing the HLS . Aren't there any? 🤔

nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sha

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"NASA pushes back astronaut flights to the moon again" by Associated Press (mirror bot @apnewsbot ) - #Artemis2 crewed🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦 lunar fly-by test flight pushed back to April 2026. #Artemis3 crewed lunar landing mission delayed at least to 2027. apnews.com/article/nasa-moon-a #NASA #Artemis #Moon🌒 #space

NASA pushes back astronaut flights to the moon again

NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts…

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