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List of Artemis missions

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Emblem of the Artemis program

TheArtemis programis ahuman spaceflightprogram 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. Three flights of theOrion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicleare 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 theGatewayand its expendable and reusablelunar landersinlunar orbit.

Main missions[edit]

Mission Launch date Crew Launch vehicle[a] Launch pad Duration[b]
EFT-1
 5 December 2014 —
Uncrewed mission 		Delta IV Heavy Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,SLC-37B 4h24m (success)
Exploration Flight Test 1, high apogee high reentry test, carrying an uncrewedOrion capsuleon its first spaceflight
Artemis 1
Artemis 1 insignia 		16 November 2022[1][2] —
Uncrewed mission 		SLS Block 1Crew Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B 25.5d (success)
Maiden flight of the SLS, formerly "Exploration Mission 1" (EM1), carrying an uncrewedOrion capsuleand tenCubeSatsselected through several programs.[3]The payloads were sent on atrans-lunar injectiontrajectory.[4][5]
Artemis 2 September 2025[6] United StatesReid Wiseman
United StatesVictor Glover
United StatesChristina Koch
CanadaJeremy Hansen 		SLS Block 1 Crew Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B ≈10d
First crewed flight, carrying four crew members on acircumlunar free-return trajectory.
Artemis 3 September 2026[6] TBA SLS Block 1 Crew Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B ≈30d
Carrying Artemis III mission hardware. First lunar landing of the Artemis program.[7]
Artemis 4 September 2028[8][9] 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.Co-manifested delivery of theI-HABmodule to theLunar Gateway,[10][11]followed by a crewed lunar landing.[12]
Artemis 5 March 2030[13][14] TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B ≈30d
Co-manifested delivery of theESPRITRefueling Module to theLunar Gateway.[15]
Artemis 6 March 2031[16] TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis 7 March 2032[17][18] TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis 8 2033 (presumed)[18] TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis 9 (proposed) 2034 (presumed)[19] TBA SLS Block 2 Crew Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis 10 (proposed) 2035 (presumed) TBA SLS Block 2 Crew Kennedy Space Center,LC-39B <180d

Support missions[edit]

Technology demonstrations[edit]

Launched on 28 June 2022,[20]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.[21]

Surface missions[edit]

Peregrine(left) andNova-C(right) will be the first two robotic landers to directly support the Artemis program.

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.[22][23][24]

List of CLPS missions
Mission Launch date Operator Lander Rover Launch pad Launch vehicle[a] Duration[b] References
Peregrine Mission One 8 January 2024 Astrobotic Peregrine Iris Cape Canaveral,SLC-41 Vulcan Centaur 10 days (failure) [25]
The lander carried multiple payloads, with a total payload mass capacity of 90 kg.[26]However, the spacecraft was unable to reach the moon because of a propellant leak. It burned up over thePacific Oceanon 18 January.[27]
IM-1 15 February 2024 Intuitive Machines Nova-C Kennedy Space Center,LC-39A Falcon 9 7 days [28]
The lander carried six NASA-sponsored instruments, as well as six payloads from other customers, including EagleCAM.[29]TheOdysseuslander successfully touched down atMalapert Anear thelunar south poleon 22 February 2024.[30]The mission ended after 7 days with the onset of lunar night, after which no further signals from the spacecraft were received.[31]
Blue GhostM1 Q3 2024 Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost TBA Falcon 9 ≈2 weeks [32][33][34]
Griffin Mission One November 2024 Astrobotic Griffin VIPER Kennedy Space Center,LC-39A Falcon Heavy ≈100 Earth days [35][36]
IM-2 Q4 2024 Intuitive Machines Nova-C Kennedy Space Center,LC-39A Falcon 9 [37]
IM-3 Q1 2025 Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Vertex,CADRE× 4 Kennedy Space Center,LC-39A Falcon 9 ≈9-10 Earth days [37][38][39]
TBA H1 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA ≈9-10 Earth days [40]
TBA Q4 2025 – Q1 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA ≈9-10 Earth days [40]
ispace Mission 3 2026 ispace/Draper APEX 1.0 TBA TBA ≈9-10 Earth days [41][42][43]

Logistics missions[edit]

Artist's impression of the Power and Propulsion Element, the first module of the Lunar Gateway, in lunar orbit. It will generate 50 kW (67 hp) of solar electric power for itsion thrusters,life support, and other systems.

Uncrewed missions to assemble and resupply theGatewaywill be executed as part of the Artemis program.[44]

List of Gateway logistics missions
Launch date Payload
2025[6] HLSUncrewed Lunar Demo forArtemis 3
November 2025[45] Power and Propulsion Element(PPE)
Habitation and Logistics Outpost(HALO)
September 2026[6] HLSCrewed Lunar Demo
September 2028[17] International Habitation Module(I-HAB) forArtemis 4
September 2028[17] SustainingHLSCrewed Lunar Demo
2028[46] Dragon XL(GLS-1)
September 2029[17] ESPRITRefueling Module (ERM) forArtemis 5
2029[17] GLS-2
September 2030[17] Crew and Science Airlock module forArtemis 6
September 2030[17] GLS-3
September 2031[17] GLS-4 forArtemis 7

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^abSerial number displayed in parentheses.
  2. ^abTime displayed in days, hours, minutes, and seconds.

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