NASA Accelerates Moon Base Construction Plan to Achieve Manned Lunar Landing by 2028 According to a report by Golden Finance, on October 24th, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced on October 23rd that NASA is accelerating the construction of lunar bases and manned lunar landing programs, aiming to return astronauts to the lunar surface within two years. According to the current schedule, the Artemis 3 mission is scheduled to be launched in the summer of 2027. Four astronauts will conduct a two-week flight mission in Earth orbit, docking and testing with lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin, respectively. The Artemis 4 mission is still planned to be implemented in 2028, which will achieve the first manned moon landing since the Apollo program.