NASA to discuss Artemis moon mission plans at Florida briefing

NASA announced plans to discuss its Artemis moon missions at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The update will cover progress toward returning American astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2028. Agency officials will outline details about upcoming missions and how plans are advancing.

The briefing will take place at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 23. NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya and Jeremy Parsons, NASA's Artemis program manager, will lead the discussion at the Kennedy Space Center facility.

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. The mission represents a key step in NASA's broader plans to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon.

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. The Moon missions will provide economic benefits and advance scientific discovery. NASA also plans to establish an enduring human presence on the lunar surface and build on the agency's foundation for the first crewed mission to Mars.

U.S. media interested in attending in person must apply online by 12 p.m. on 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.

Media can contact Rachel Kraft at headquarters in Washington at 202-358-1600 or by email at rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov. Media can also contact Tiffany Fairley at the Kennedy Space Center at 321-867-2468 or by email at tiffany.l.fairley@nasa.gov for additional information about the event.