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Artemis 3 mission update

Hi everyone. I updated the Artemis 3 mission for launch in September 2024 according to NASA's office of safety and mission assurance. Here is the reference https://web.archive.org/web/20210614003506/https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/sma-disciplines-and-programs/smsr/smsr-intergrated-master-schedule_24feb2020aab4a269d2a865b9a1a0ff0f003ca228.pdf?sfvrsn=8290faf8_26

This article's mobile view for images is glitched. Any idea how to fix it?

This article's mobile view is glitched. In the Artemis II subsection, the images appear fine on pc, but when looked at through a phone, Koch and Hansen shift places which messes up the caption (the caption says Koch is the center image, but on a phone, her image is on the right and Hansen shows in the center). Does anyone know how to fix this? — EarthDude (wanna talk?) 19:11, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Existential threat due to reusable launch vehicles?

"The program faced its greatest existential threat as the economics of launch costs began to change drastically due to reusable launch vehicles in the early 2020s."

Is this clear, and if not can it be clarified? I don't know anything about Artemis and that's why I was reading the article, but I would think that reusable launch vehicles would lower the costs and thus not threaten the program. Sorry if there's something obvious that I don't see but should. Bret Sterling (talk) 16:59, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the point of that sentence is that as commercial launch providers have begun offering much cheaper access to orbit, it has created political and economic pressure on the Artemis program, which at this time is, by law, reliant on the far more expensive, expendable Space Launch System. The “existential threat” is the persistent questions about whether Artemis is sustainable in an era of drastically lower commercial launch costs. RickyCourtney (talk) 17:07, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]