US Delays Planned Return of Astronauts to Moon Until 2026

FILE — The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Nov. 16, 2022. The U.S. is delaying returning astronauts to the surface of the moon from 2025 to 2026, NASA said Tuesday.

The United States is pushing back its planned return of astronauts to the surface of the Moon from 2025 to 2026, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday.