Artemis Moon Landing Faces Safety Gaps, Warns NASA Watchdog

NASA’s Office of the Inspector General warns the Artemis Human Landing System program has serious gaps in testing and crew-survival analyses for SpaceX’s Starship HLS and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers, meaning a failure could leave astronauts stranded without a feasible rescue. The report calls for clearer funding rules, contract updates, and enhanced risk analyses as NASA pushes toward 2028 crewed Moon landings (Artemis 4/5), though the technical feasibility and cost impacts remain uncertain.