NASA to Discuss Artemis Acceleration, Status of Upcoming Moon Missions

As the Artemis II crew members came close to passing behind the Moon and experiencing a planned loss of signal, they captured this image of a crescent Earth setting on the Moon’s limb on April 6, 2026. The edge of the visible surface of the Moon is called the “lunar limb.” Credit: NASA NASA will provide an update on its plans to return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2028 at 2 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 23, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live Participants in the briefing include: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya Jeremy Parsons, NASA’s Artemis program manager The update will include details about NASA’s Artemis III mission that will send four astronauts to low Earth orbit next year to test critical systems needed for future lunar landings, and how plans to return American astronauts to the Moon by 2028 are progressing. U.S. media interested in attending in person must apply online by 12 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16. To ask questions remotely, media must request the dial-in number from the Kennedy newsroom no later than one hour prior to the start of the update by emailing: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov . NASA’s media accreditation policy is online. As part of a Golden Age of innovation and exploration, NASA will send Artemis astronauts on increasingly difficult missions near the lunar South Pole to explore more of the Moon than ever before. In addition to providing economic benefits and advancing scientific discovery though its Moon missions, NASA will establish an enduring human presence on the lunar surface and build on the agency’s foundation for the first crewed mission to Mars. Learn more about Artemis: https://www.nasa.gov/artemis -end- Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Tiffany Fairley Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tiffany.l.fairley@nasa.gov Share Details Last Updated Oct 14, 2026 Location NASA Headquarters Related Terms Artemis NASA Headquarters