NASA revamps its Artemis moon landing program

NASA is revamping its Artemis moon landing program.

NASA's new administrator Jared Isaacman announced the shake-up in the flight lineup Friday, days after the space agency's new moon rocket returned to its Florida hangar for more repairs.

Artemis II — a lunar fly-around by four astronauts — is off until at least April.

The follow-up mission Artemis III had been targeting a landing near the moon's south pole by another pair of astronauts.

But Isaacman says that mission will now focus on testing a lunar lander in orbit around Earth with astronauts aboard an Orion capsule in 2027.

That would be followed by one and possibly two moon landings by astronauts in 2028.