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NASA details Artemis III test flight, keeps 2028 Moon landing goal
Covered by 10 outlets over 5 hours. They ran 9 distinct reports. First reported by Sky News at 17:39 UTC on October 23, 2026.
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- distinct reports9
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- names in it8
What happened?
- NASA officials said at an Oct. 23 news conference at Kennedy Space Center that humans will return to the Moon's surface by 2028, with Artemis IV carrying crew to the surface that year, according to ABC13.
- NASA said Artemis III will launch next summer without landing astronauts on the Moon, and that the mission will involve three launches over roughly two weeks with the crew docking with two lunar landers, ABC13 reported.
- Scientific American described the Artemis III mission NASA detailed as a 14-day flight.
- Ars Technica reported that NASA updated its lander plans for Moon landings and addressed an Orion issue it described as long-standing.
- NASA said the Artemis III crew has been training at Johnson Space Center in Houston since it was announced earlier this year, and highlighted Houston-based Axiom Space as one of the private companies supporting the missions.
The agency said Artemis IV will return humans to the lunar surface in 2028 and expressed confidence that Blue Origin will be ready after a launchpad explosion earlier this year, according to ABC13.
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Who reported it, and when?
| Time | Report | Run by |
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| Oct 23 17:39 | NASA gives update on plans to return to moon by 2028-Sky News |
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| Oct 23 17:51 | NASA to give update on Artemis III mission, plans for permanent moon base - WESH |
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| Oct 23 20:20 | NASA reveals new details about the 14-day Artemis III moon mission - Scientific American |
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| Oct 23 21:43 | Report by WSAW |
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| Oct 23 22:37 | NASA’s Artemis III Mission to Test Future Moon Lander Operations - NASA (.gov) |
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| Oct 23 22:47 | NASA Updates Human Moon Mission Plans - Aviation Week |
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| Oct 23 22:48 | Report by Ars Technica |
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| Oct 23 22:51 | Report by Abc13 | |
| Oct 23 22:55 | NASA lays out plan for Artemis 3 moon-lander test flight — but when will it launch? - Space |
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Who was named?
- NASA 93 events
- Blue Origin 18 events
- Orion 12 events
- Axiom Space
- Kennedy Space Center
- Artemis III
- Johnson Space Center
- Artemis IV
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