NASA’s Management of Programs and Projects after Mission Termination—Canceled or Repurposed Artemis Campaign Systems

NASA’s reformulation of the Artemis campaign to meet the Administration’s national space policy goals resulted in the termination or repurposing of Artemis-related systems including the Exploration Upper Stage, Universal Stage Adapter, Mobile Launcher 2, and Gateway Habitation and Logistics Outpost. The combined contract value of these efforts increased from $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion, with delivery dates extended by up to 7 years. We project, if NASA allowed work to continue to completion, these systems would have cost more and taken longer to complete.