As Artemis II astronauts head to White House, NASA eyes the moon
NASA's Artemis II astronauts are set to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on April 29. NASA is planning multiple uncrewed lunar landings in 2026 and 2027, paving the way for a human landing on the moon in the future.
NASA's Artemis II astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on April 29. The meeting is expected to discuss the Artemis campaign's next steps. NASA has multiple uncrewed lunar landing missions planned for 2026, including Astrobotic's Griffin-1, Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark-1, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, and Intuitive Machines' Nova-C. In 2027, NASA plans to increase the number of robotic landers carrying cargo and science instruments with up to 30 more uncrewed landings. The Artemis III mission, scheduled for 2027, will send a new crew of astronauts on the Orion spacecraft to Earth orbit, where they will dock with a commercial lunar lander. Preparations for Artemis III are already underway, with the core stage of NASA's Space Launch System rocket arriving in Florida for assembly.
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