NASA’s upcoming Artemis III will be the tiebreaker between two potential lunar landers for future crewed missions to the moon’s surface, the space agency’s head Jared Isaacman said on Friday. But both SpaceX and Blue Origin are planning to touch down on the moon in 2028 no matter what.
Only one will take part in Artemis IV, the 2028 mission to return humans to the lunar surface—NASA will wait as long as possible before making a selection.
Artemis program manager Jeremy Parsons said at a press briefing on Friday that both companies “are planning for lunar landing missions in 2028.”
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