![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\u2019s limb on April 6, 2026. The edge of the visible surface of the Moon is called the \u201clunar limb.\"](\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/artemis-announcement-advisory-oct-13.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure>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\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n
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https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n Participants in the briefing include:<\/p>\n The update will include details about NASA\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n U.S. media interested in attending in person must apply online<\/a> 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<\/a>. NASA\u2019s media accreditation policy<\/a> is online.\u00a0<\/p>\n 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 through its Moon missions, NASA will establish an enduring human presence on the lunar surface and build on the agency\u2019s foundation for the first crewed mission to Mars.<\/p>\n Learn more about Artemis:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Rachel Kraft Tiffany Fairley\n
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