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Sound decisions will determine whether Artemis can advance from lunar test flights to crewed landings

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NASA has opened its Artemis human lunar program with the uncrewed Artemis 1 test flight and the crewed Artemis 2 mission around the moon. The next challenge is translating those milestones into crewed lunar landings, a progression the article argues will depend on sound decisions.

Discovered 2026-10-20T06:20:42.487250-07:00 | 2026-10-20T06:20:42.487250-07:00

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  • Artemis 1 and the crewed Artemis 2 lunar flight mark early program milestones; reaching crewed lunar landings remains the next major objective.
  • The article foregrounds decision-making as a factor in whether the program can move from test flights and a lunar flyby to landing astronauts on the moon.

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