Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027

Now, it’s looking more like late 2027, at the earliest, for Artemis III. “I’ve received responses from both vendors, both SpaceX and Blue Origin, to meet our needs for a late 2027 rendezvous, docking, and test of the interoperability of both landers in advance of a landing attempt in 2028,” Isaacman said Monday. Both companies have multibillion-dollar contracts to develop and deliver human-rated landers to NASA for use on Artemis missions. …