NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (L) at the Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Feb. 21, 2026. NASA via AP
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman announced sweeping changes to the Artemis moon program on Feb. 27, adding an extra mission next year to better prepare for a lunar landing in 2028.
“The idea is we want to reduce complexity to the greatest extent possible,” he said at a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center. “We want to accelerate manufacturing, pull in the hardware, and increase launch rate, which obviously has a direct safety consideration to it as well.”
