NASA has officially announced a two-year delay in its much-anticipated Artemis III mission, which aimed to return humans to the Moon by 2025. The new timeline is now set for late 2027, due to critical issues with the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield and SpaceX’s Starship lander.
This will be the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed that while the delay is disappointing, “safety remains non-negotiable.”
Countries like India, with its Chandrayaan-3 success, and Bangladesh, which recently launched its space research initiative, are watching the developments closely as they seek regional space partnerships.