Amid the sensational NASA budget cut proposals taking place in the US at the moment, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has refined the Artemis III launch date to "late 2027." Isaacman was speaking during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing earlier this week, and said the agency has received responses from both SpaceX and Blue Origin to the effect that both vendors would be able "to meet our needs for a late 2027 rendezvous, docking and test the interoperability of both landers in advance of a landing attempt in 2028." During NASA's Ignition event, 2027 was repeatedly mentioned as the target for Artemis III, so a late 2027 date meets that goal. However, Isaacman also said the agency intends to increase the cadence of Artemis launches and close the launch gap to a matter of months, rather than the over three years between Artemis I and Artemis II. Artemis III, being set for late 2027, is a bit more than mere months after Artemis II.…