NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.

A bit orange rocket rolls out of a giant white building, with an extra launch tower in the background.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman recently announced a significant restructuring of the Artemis program, and how the agency intends to return astronauts to the moon.

The new plan shortens the time between missions and redraws the map of which launches will achieve various program milestones. Nothing will change for Artemis 2, which may lift off in a matter of weeks, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day flight around the moon and back to Earth. Every mission after Artemis 2, however, has been adjusted.