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NASA Panel: SpaceX Starship HLS Could Delay Artemis III
9/23/2025
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Story summary
- The NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) warns SpaceX's Starship HLS may be 'years late' for Artemis III, planned for mid-2027.
- ASAP members visited Starbase and found the HLS schedule 'significantly challenged.'
- Delays trace to a 2024 plan, with Starlink and other priorities potentially worsening HLS development and threatening the 2027 deadline.
