NASA Human Moon Landing In 2025 Unlikely, GAO Audit Says

Mark Carreau December 01, 2023

An Artemis I flight test in November 2022.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA is unlikely to return astronauts to the Moon’s surface by December 2025 with its Artemis III mission due to technical challenges with the Human Landing System (HLS) and new-generation spacesuits, a U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO) audit says. Based on the 92-month average from...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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