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TheArtemis program is ahuman spaceflight program by theUnited States. The Artemis program is intended to reestablish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972; mid-term objectives include establishing an international expedition team, and a sustainable human presence on the Moon. Long-term objectives for Artemis are laying the foundations for the extraction of lunar resources, and eventually making crewed missions to Mars and beyond feasible.
To date, missions in the program are aimed atexploration of the Moon, including crewed and robotic exploration of the lunar surface. These explorations will be more focused towards areas such as thelunar poles and thefar side of the moon. Three flights of theOrion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle are currently planned for launch in the Artemis program in the early 2020s, beginning withArtemis 1. Before Artemis was named, the flights were referred to as "Orion missions". Numerous supporting scientific and technology demonstration missions are planned for launch under the program'sCommercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), in addition to planned and proposed uncrewed logistical missions to construct and resupply theGateway and its expendable and reusablelunar landers inlunar orbit.[citation needed]
| Mission | Launch date | Crew | Launch vehicle[a] | Launch pad | Duration[b] |
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EFT-1 | December 5, 2014, 12:05 (2014-12-05UTC12:05Z) UTC (7:05 am EST)[1][2] | N/a Uncrewed mission | Delta IV Heavy | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,SLC-37B | 4h 24m (success) |
| Exploration Flight Test 1, high apogee high reentry test, carrying an uncrewedOrion capsule on its first spaceflight. | |||||
Artemis I | November 16, 2022, 06:47:44 UTC[3] (1:47:44 am EST) | N/a Uncrewed mission | SLS Block 1 Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | 25.5d (success) |
| Maiden flight of the SLS, formerly "Exploration Mission 1" (EM1), carrying an uncrewedOrion capsule and tenCubeSats selected through several programs.[4] The payloads were sent on atrans-lunar injection trajectory.[5][6] | |||||
Artemis II | NET (No Earlier Than) March 7, 2026, 01:29:00 UTC (March 6, 20:29:00 EST)[7][8] |  Reid WisemanVictor GloverChristina Koch Jeremy Hansen | SLS Block 1 Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | ≈10d |
| First crewed flight, carrying four crew members on acircumlunar free-return trajectory. | |||||
| Artemis III | NET 2028 (planned)[9] | TBA | SLS Block 1 Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | ≈30d |
| First lunar landing of the Artemis program. 4-person lunar orbit with 2-person lunar landing. | |||||
| Artemis IV | December 2028 (planned)[10] | TBA | SLS Block 1B Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | ≈30d |
| Second Artemis Lunar landing. Debut of the SLS Block 1B and theExploration Upper Stage. Delivery of theI-HAB module to theLunar Gateway, followed by a 2-person lunar landing.[11] | |||||
| Artemis V | March 2030 (planned)[12] | TBA | SLS Block 1B Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | ≈30d |
| Third Artemis Lunar landing. Delivery of theESPRIT module to the Lunar Gateway, followed by a 2-person lunar landing with theLunar Terrain Vehicle. | |||||
| Artemis VI | March 2031[13] | TBA | SLS Block 1B Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | ≈30d |
| Delivery of theCrew and Science Airlock module to the Lunar Gateway, followed by a lunar landing.[14] | |||||
| Artemis VII | March 2032[13] | TBA | SLS Block 1B Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | ≈30d |
| Lunar landing with the delivery of the Habitable Mobility Platform (Lunar Cruiser) to the surface. | |||||
| Artemis VIII | 2033 (presumed)[15] | TBA | SLS Block 1B Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | ≈60d |
| Lunar landing with the delivery of lunar surface logistics and the Foundational Surface Habitat. | |||||
| Artemis IX (proposed) | 2034 (presumed)[16] | TBA | SLS Block 2 Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | ≈60d |
| Lunar landing with the delivery of additional lunar surface logistics. Debut of the SLS Block 2. | |||||
| Artemis X (proposed) | 2035 (presumed) | TBA | SLS Block 2 Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | <180d |
| Lunar landing and a long-term stay with the delivery of lunar surface logistics. | |||||
| Artemis XI (proposed) | 2036 (presumed) | TBA | SLS Block 2 Crew | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B | <180d |
| Lunar landing and a long-term stay with the delivery of lunar surface logistics. | |||||
Launched on 28 June 2022,[17] theCislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment ("CAPSTONE") mission is a small (25 kg) technology-demonstration spacecraft designed to test a low-energy trans-lunar trajectories and to demonstrate thenear-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) intended to support lunar polar missions.[18]
TheCommercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program will support the Artemis program by landing several small payloads focused on scouting forlunar resources,in situ resource utilization (ISRU) experiments, and lunar science, in preparation for an extended human presence on the lunar surface.[19][20][21]
| Mission | Launch date | Operator | Lander | Secondary spacecraft | Launch pad | Launch vehicle[a] | Duration[b] | References |
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| Peregrine Mission One | January 8, 2024 | Astrobotic | Peregrine | Iris Colmena x 5 | Cape Canaveral,SLC-41 | Vulcan Centaur | 10 days (failure) | [22] |
| The lander carried multiple payloads, with a total payload mass capacity of 90 kg.[23] However, the spacecraft was unable to reach the moon because of a propellant leak. It burned up over thePacific Ocean on January 18.[24] | ||||||||
| IM-1 | February 15, 2024 | Intuitive Machines | Nova-C | Eaglecam | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39A | Falcon 9 | 7 days | [25] |
| The lander carried six NASA-sponsored instruments, as well as six payloads from other customers, including EagleCAM.[26] TheOdysseus lander successfully touched down atMalapert A near thelunar south pole on February 22, 2024.[27] The mission ended after 7 days with the onset of lunar night, after which no further signals from the spacecraft were received.[28] | ||||||||
| Blue Ghost M1 | January 15, 2025 | Firefly Aerospace | Blue Ghost | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39A | Falcon 9 | 11 months, 12 days | [29][30][31] | |
| The Blue Ghost lander launched on January 15, 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and successfully landed in theMare Crisium on March 2, 2025, thus becoming only the second commercial mission to achieve a successful moon landing.[32] | ||||||||
| IM-2 | February 27, 2025 | Intuitive Machines | Nova-C | Micro-NovaGracie AstroAnt MAPP LV1 Yaoki | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39A | Falcon 9 | 12 hours (Partial failure) | [33] |
| The mission successfully launched on February 27, 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and landed atlunar south pole inMons Mouton on March 6, 2024.[34] However, the lander tipped after touchdown, preventing any meaningful scientific experiments from being performed.[35] On March 13, Intuitive Machines shared that, like on the IM-1 mission, theAthena'saltimeter had failed during landing, leaving its onboard computer without an accurate altitude reading. As a result, the spacecraft struck a plateau, tipped over, and skidded across the lunar surface, rolling once or twice before settling inside the crater. The company's CEO compared it to a baseball playersliding into a base. During the slide, the spacecraft rolled once or twice, before coming to rest inside the crater. The impact also kicked upregolith that coated the solar panels in dust, further degrading their performance.[36] | ||||||||
| Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1 | Q1 2026 | Blue Origin | Blue Moon Mark 1 | Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 | New Glenn | [37] | ||
| Griffin Mission One | July 2026 | Astrobotic | Griffin | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39A | Falcon Heavy | ≈100 Earth days | [38][39] | |
| ispace Mission 3 | 2026 | ispace /Draper | APEX 1.0 | TBA | TBA | ≈9–10 Earth days | [40][41][42] | |
Uncrewed missions to assemble and resupply theGateway will be executed as part of the Artemis program.[43]
| Launch date | Payload | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025[44] | HLS Uncrewed Lunar Demo | forArtemis 3 |
| September 2026[44] | HLS Crewed Lunar Demo | |
| 2027[45] | Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) | forArtemis 4 |
| September 2028[46] | Lunar I-Hab | |
| September 2028[46] | SustainingHLS Crewed Lunar Demo | |
| 2028[47] | Dragon XL (GLS-1) | |
| 2029[46] | GLS-2 | forArtemis 5 |
| March 2030[13] | ESPRIT Refueling Module (ERM) | |
| 2030[46] | GLS-3 | forArtemis 6 |
| March 2031[13] | Crew and Science Airlock Module | |
| 2031[46] | GLS-4 | forArtemis 7 |
| 2032[46] | GLS-5 | |
| 2033[46] | GLS-6 | forArtemis 8 |
| 2034[46] | GLS-7 | forArtemis 9 |
| 2035[46] | GLS-8 | forArtemis 10 |
| 2036[46] | GLS-9 | forArtemis 11 |
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