NASA chief vows four Moon missions before Trump's term ends in ambitious 2028 timeline

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announces plans to complete three Artemis Moon missions during Trump's second term, with Artemis III launching by mid-2027.

Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.

"To be overwhelmingly clear, we did not stretch out our timeline or delay anything. What we did is insert additional missions, standardized, so we can actually achieve the national policy that President Trump set out to return American astronauts to the Moon, and build an enduring presence to stay," Isaacman told Fox News Digital.

"Artemis II, we're going to launch in a matter of weeks [and] go around the Moon," Isaacman explained. "Artemis III will launch by mid 2027 with the aim to buy down risk and low Earth orbit for subsequent [Moon] landing attempts in 2028."