Isaacman: "Extremely Confident" Artemis III Launches in 2027, Details Three-Launch Sequence

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he is "extremely confident" Artemis III launches in 2027, detailing the mission's three-launch order: Blue Origin's New Glenn flies first with a Blue Moon Mark 2 test lander (life support and crew habitation installed), followed days later by SLS/Orion, then SpaceX's Starship V3 with a docking adapter. He called SpaceX's rising launch cadence — an early-September flight and roughly biweekly launches through year-end — critical to the schedule.