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Artemis III mission

A NASA crewed mission planned for 2027, focused on testing rendezvous and docking operations in low Earth orbit.

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Key facts

  • Status: scheduled
  • Time precision: unknown
According to NASA, Artemis III will carry astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, launched by the SLS rocket, to low Earth orbit. The mission is intended to test rendezvous and docking operations with one or both commercial crewed lunar landing systems being developed by Blue Origin and SpaceX. It is not a lunar landing mission. NASA places it in 2027, but the available evidence gives no specific launch date or time.