Ars Technica reports that NASA “is privately considering modifications to its Artemis plan to land astronauts on the surface of the Moon later this decade. Multiple sources have confirmed that NASA is studying alternatives to the planned Artemis III landing of two astronauts on the Moon, nominally scheduled for September 2026, due to concerns about hardware readiness and mission complexity.”
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NASA Solicits Ideas for Artemis III Landing Experiments
SPACE reports that NASA is “soliciting the scientific community for ideas about instruments and experiments that could accompany Artemis 3 astronauts on their mission to the moon.” The agency specified “that it was looking for experiments that take advantage of the unique location of the Artemis 3 landing, which will be within 6 degrees latitude of the moon’s south pole.” Many of the proposed landing sites “around the lunar south pole are among the oldest sites on the moon, including occluded ‘shadow’ regions that the sun’s light hasn’t reached in billions of years.” With the potential for “ancient water ice and other accessible ‘volatiles’ in the craters around the south pole, NASA is especially keen on getting scientific experiments that seek to probe these useful materials.”
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