The development of SpaceX’s Starship rocket is slowing down, NASA’s moon landing threatens to be delayed

Billionaire Elon Musk’s The development work of the Starship rocket led by the space company SpaceX will be delayed by about two years, the inspector general of the US space agency NASA said in a report published on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

According to a recent report, the delays threaten to delay NASA’s 2028 target schedule for landing on the moon.

In April 2021, NASA selected SpaceX to build the lunar module that will take US astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface as part of the Artemis space program.

SpaceX is scheduled to take people to the moon on two flights, the first of which was supposed to take place in 2028. After that, similar manned landings will be made by the billionaire By Jeff Bezos Blue Origin – the company.

According to a recent report, both the Starship rocket and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander need additional time to resolve problems in their development before manned hearings.

United States and China have been competing to be the first astronaut to land on the moon for more than 50 years.

Nasa has entered the race with its Artemis program. It has had to postpone its Artemis II lunar mission, and the latest estimate is that the flight will take place in April. Artemis II will be the first manned lunar flight since 1972.

A crew of four will fly the Artemis II flight around the Moon but will not land on the Moon. When returning to Earth, the Orion ship is supposed to land in the Pacific Ocean.