NASA delays Artemis II moon mission | CityNews Calgary

NASA says it is going to be delaying the Artemis II moon mission that features Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, initially scheduled for November of this 12 months.

The U.S. area company offered an replace right now on the timeline for the upcoming mission across the moon and mentioned it is going to be pushed again to September 2025 because of various technical points and to permit extra preparation time.

A subsequent mission, Artemis III, which can land astronauts on the moon for the primary time in additional than 50 years, has been delayed till no less than September 2026.

Hansen’s maiden area voyage alongside veteran NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch was to be the primary crewed flight of the Orion capsule and the primary mission to the moon because the final Apollo mission in 1972.

The Artemis II mission includes a lunar flyby, performing a figure-eight manoeuvre across the far facet of the moon earlier than returning to Earth.

Another Canadian astronaut, Jenni Gibbons, was appointed in November as backup to Hansen.