Key takeaways from NASA's latest Artemis media conference, with the intervention of Jessica Jensen, VP of Customer Operations and Integration at SpaceX:

Artemis 3 has been pushed back to September 2026 to "give Artemis teams more time to work through the challenges". "Artemis 4 remains on track for September 2028", per former Senator Bill Nelson.

On-orbit ship-to-ship propellant transfer demos are intended to be conducted starting this same year, but not on IFT-3. That flight test will feature a propellant transfer test from S28's header tank to its main tank, though. Hardware for IFT-3 is expected to be ready this month and, if all goes according to plan, a new FAA license should be issued in February, according to Jessica.

SpaceX intends to "do an uncrewed landing on the Moon and then ascend from the surface" in 2025 to ensure crew safety before Artemis 3. They will do as many integrated flight tests as they can before that landing takes place.

The number of refills Starship will have to undergo for Artemis is still to be determined, but is currently expected to be ~10. That number will probably go down as SpaceX continues to test and iterate.