budbl - NASA Shares Plans to Accelerate Artemis, Return to Moon https://budbl.com/News/nasa-shares-plans-to-accelerate-artemis-return-to-moon/ NASA leadership has outlined plans to speed up the Artemis program, with Artemis III planned as a 2027 test flight in Earth orbit and Artemis IV aimed at landing astronauts on the Moon in 2028. The update includes a planned 14-day Orion mission to practice rendezvous and docking with lunar lander test vehicles, plus ongoing work with SpaceX and Blue Origin on the landers themselves. Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:49:13 UTC en