Key facts
- Status: scheduled
- Time precision: unknown
Artemis III is described as a demonstration mission in low Earth orbit, planned to evaluate one or both commercial human landing systems developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin. NASA says the crew will travel aboard Orion, launched by the SLS rocket, and that the mission will test rendezvous and docking operations needed for future lunar missions. The available date is precise only to the year; no exact day or time is provided.