The United States is delaying its plan to return the Artemis mission to the moon from 2026 to "mid-2027" due to a number of problems.
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NASA's planned Artemis-3 space mission has been postponed. A manned moon landing will take place no earlier than "mid-2027" instead of 2026, the US Space Agency said on Thursday. The reason was called technical problems, including with the heat shield of the spacecraft.
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The Artemis project, named after Apollo's sister in Greek mythology, was officially announced in 2017 as part of NASA's plans to ensure a permanent presence on Earth's satellite and apply the lessons learned there for a future mission to Mars. The first mission - an unmanned test flight to the Moon and back called Artemis-1 - took place in 2022 after several delays.
Artemis 3 is the first mission in more than half a century to bring humans back to the Moon, including a woman for the first time.
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"The safety of our astronauts is always a top priority in our decisions. We're not leaving until we're ready. .. We were able to recreate the problem here on Earth, and now we know the root cause, which allowed us to develop a way forward," NASA CEO Bill Nelson told reporters.
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