NASA Alters Course in Moon Push — Before a New Landing, Artemis III Has a Job to Do
Washington, May 21, 2026, 08:07 EDT NASA’s Artemis III isn’t heading straight for the Moon after all. The mission will now serve as a crewed test in low Earth orbit—just a few hundred miles up—where astronauts get hands-on practice connecting the Orion spacecraft with commercial lander test vehicles from SpaceX and Blue Origin. The agency is holding off on attempting
