Bloomberg: NASA delayed first moon landing in more than 50 years to 2027

NASA has delayed its first moon landing mission in more than 50 years by several months to 2027, as engineers at the agency race to fix critical safety issues with the hardware and adjust plans needed for future flights, Bloomberg reports

Agency officials also told reporters they were delaying a precursor mission called Artemis II, which will send a crew of four flying by the moon, by seven months to April 2026. That flight is set to carry the first woman, person of colour, and non-American astronaut to the vicinity of the moon.

“The round-trip mission is part of a step-by-step plan to land humans back on the moon at some point this decade. The scheduling delays are the latest in a program beset by spacecraft cost overruns and technical hurdles,” the news agency informed.

The announcement came a day after President elect Donald Trump nominated SpaceX astronaut and billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be the next NASA Administrator.