![]() ![]() HLS was delayed seven months in 2021 by a legal challenge and complaints by Blue Origin following an initial single-source award to SpaceX. In human exploration, in the program's campaign development budget, HLS itself has a requested $1.5 billion and makes up the lion's share of that section's $2.6 billion request (up from $2 billion in 2022). Noting that NASA's detailed plans only go as far as 2027, Free said the agency wants to get to the yearly landings starting in 2028 "so that we can get onto Mars as soon as possible." More information, he noted, would be forthcoming in future budgets and as planning matures for both Artemis and NASA's human Mars exploration plans. The agency is also, he said, "going for the infrastructure pieces" on the moon, including power and other elements that may be repurposed for Martian exploration. "We're trying to get to these yearly flights get these early flights behind behind us and understand how this vehicle operates," said Jim Free, associate administrator for NASA's exploration systems development mission directorate.įree said that examining the human landers in detail will help the agency assess how to make plans for touching down on Mars. NASA said in a budget phone call with reporters late Monday (March 28) that the three-year gap between Artemis 3 and Artemis 5 is will allow the agency to assess performance of HLS, which will include SpaceX and another company after a new selection process announced last week. Related: NASA gearing up for Artemis 1 'wet dress rehearsal' It appears NASA wants to use a 2027 launch to help build out its Gateway moon space station, but it has no listed launches in 2026 for either the moon or Gateway. Then crewed landings are planned for 2029, 20 with Artemis 6, 7 and 8. NASA's inspector general has said the first landing will be more likely in 2026, but even if the timeline goes to plan, the new budget documents show a three-year distance between moon landings.Ī published "moon to Mars planning manifest" shows the next human landing will be Artemis 5 in 2028, three years after Artemis 3. Following that, if NASA's plans go forward, are an Artemis 2 round-the-moon crewed mission in 2024 and an Artemis 3 human landing mission in 2025. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than May, pending the result of a " wet dress rehearsal" countdown. Nelson was backdropped during his speech by the agency's Artemis 1 moon rocket, atop the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ![]()
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