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NASA’s Readiness for the Artemis II Crewed Mission to Lunar Orbit
May 01, 2024 With the Artemis campaign, NASA intends to return humans to the Moon and build a sustainable lunar presence as a foundation for human exploration of Mars. The Artemis II crewed test flight aims to return humans to lunar orbit for the first time in more than 50 years and send its four […]
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NASA’s Management of the Artemis Supply Chain
October 19, 2023 NASA’s Artemis campaign involves multiple programs and projects, more than a dozen major prime contractors, and thousands of suppliers. When supply chain disruptions happen, it can put the entire effort at risk of significant delays and increased costs. Part of the problem, we found, is that NASA lacks full visibility into the […]
NASA’s Partnerships with International Space Agencies for the Artemis Campaign
January 17, 2023 NASA’s plan to land humans on the Moon by the end of 2025 and send a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s rest in part on significant participation and partnerships with international space agencies and their long-term commitments to the Artemis campaign. In this audit, we examined NASA’s efforts to partner […]
NASA’s Management of the Artemis Missions (IG-22-003)
November 15, 2021 In this audit, we assessed the schedule and projected costs for the first several missions of the Artemis program and NASA’s ambitious effort to return humans to the Moon and establish a long-term presence.
Artemis Status Update (IG-21-018)
April 19, 2021 This report updates NASA’s progress in achieving milestones for the major programs that support the Artemis mission, NASA’s most ambitious and costliest ongoing activity that seeks to land astronauts on the Moon in late 2024.
NASA’s Management of the Gateway Program for Artemis Missions (IG-21-004)
November 10, 2020 The Office of Inspector General assessed NASA’s initial acquisition strategy for the Artemis missions with respect to meeting schedule, cost, and performance goals.
NASA’s Development of Ground and Flight Application Software for the Artemis Program (IG-20-014)
March 19, 2020 The Office of Inspector General evaluated NASA’s development of exploration ground systems software, a critical component of the Agency’s human space flight program.
2024 Report on NASA’s Top Management and Performance Challenges
November 12, 2024 In this year’s report, we identified three key challenges for NASA.
NASA’s Management of the Mobile Launcher 2 Project
August 27, 2024 NASA is developing a second mobile launcher (ML-2)—the ground structure used to assemble, transport, and launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule—to support larger variants of the SLS beginning with the Artemis IV mission. ML-2’s cost and schedule are not sustainable despite NASA’s efforts to improve project performance.