NASA Targets Artemis III Launch Next Year Ahead of Planned 2028 Moon Landing

More than 53 years after Apollo 17 became the last mission to land astronauts on the moon, NASA is about a year away from launching Artemis III, a critical step in the agency’s effort to return humans to the lunar surface by 2028. Speaking June 24 at the SAP NOW Summit in Washington, D.C., Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, outlined a revised mission architecture that positions Artemis III as a risk-reduction mission rather