List of Artemis missions

The Artemis program is a human spaceflight program by the United States. Missions in the program are aimed at exploration of the Moon, including crewed and robotic exploration of the lunar surface. Three flights of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle are currently planned for launch in the Artemis program in the early 2020s, beginning with Artemis 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's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), in addition to planned and proposed uncrewed logistical missions to construct and resupply the Gateway and its expendable and reusable lunar landers in lunar orbit.

"Exploration program" and "Exploration missions" redirect here. For space exploration in general, see Space exploration.

Main missions
Mission Launch date Crew Launch vehicle[lower-alpha 1] Launch pad Duration[lower-alpha 2]
Artemis I
 August 2022[1] N/A
Uncrewed mission		 SLS Block 1 Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈25d
Maiden flight of the SLS, carrying an uncrewed Orion capsule and ten CubeSats selected through several programs.[2] The payloads will be sent on a trans-lunar injection trajectory.[3][4]
Artemis II May 2024[5] TBA SLS Block 1 Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈10d
First crewed flight, carrying four crew members along with numerous CubeSats to be selected through the CubeSat Launch Initiative.[6][7]
Artemis III 2025[5] TBA SLS Block 1 Crew[8] Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Carrying the Artemis III mission hardware, expected to be the first lunar landing of the Artemis program.[9][8]
Artemis IV March 2026[10] TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Debut of the SLS Block 1B and the Exploration Upper Stage. Co-manifested delivery of the I-HAB module to the Lunar Gateway.[11][12]
Artemis V 2027[13] TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Co-manifested delivery of the ESPRIT Refueling Module to the Lunar Gateway.
Artemis VI (Proposed) 2028[14] TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis VII (Proposed) 2029[14] N/A SLS Block 1B Cargo Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B >60d
Artemis VIII (Proposed) 2030[14] TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis IX (Proposed) 2031[14] TBA SLS Block 2 Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis X (Proposed) 2032 (presumed) TBA SLS Block 2 Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B <180d

Support missions

Surface missions
Peregrine (left) and Nova-C (right) will be the first two robotic landers to directly support the Artemis program

The Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program will support the Artemis program by landing several small payloads focused on scouting for lunar resources, in situ resource utilization (ISRU) experiments and lunar science, in preparation for an extended human presence on the lunar surface.[15][16][17]

List of CLPS missions
Mission Launch date Operator Lander Rover Launch pad Launch vehicle[lower-alpha 1] Duration[lower-alpha 2] References
IM-1 Q3 2022 Intuitive Machines Nova-C Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A Falcon 9 [18][19]
IM-2 December 2022 Intuitive Machines Nova-C TBA Falcon 9 [20][21]
Peregrine Mission One Q4 2022[22] Astrobotic Peregrine Iris Cape Canaveral, SLC-41 Vulcan Centaur [23][24][25][26]
Griffin Mission One November 2023 Astrobotic Griffin VIPER Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A Falcon Heavy ≈100 Earth days [27][28][29][30]
MM1 (Masten Mission One) November 2023 Masten Space Systems XL-1 MoonRanger TBA Falcon 9 [31][32]
IM-3 Q1 2024[33] Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Vertex, CADRE × 4 TBA Falcon 9 ≈9-10 Earth days [34][35][36]
TBA May 2024 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA ≈9-10 Earth days [36]
Blue Ghost M1 2024 Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost TBA Falcon 9 ≈2 weeks [37][38][39][40]
TBA H1 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA ≈9-10 Earth days [41]
TBA Q4 2025 – Q1 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA ≈9-10 Earth days [41]

Logistics missions
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 its ion thrusters, life support, and other systems.

Uncrewed missions to assemble and resupply the Gateway will be executed as part of the Artemis program.[42]

List of Gateway logistics missions
Launch date Payload
November 2024[43][44] Power and Propulsion Element (PPE)
Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO)
2024 Expendable lander ascent module[45] for Artemis III
2024 Expendable lander descent module[45]
2024 Expendable lander transfer module[45]
Proposed missions
2025 Expendable lander descent module for Artemis IV
2025 Reusable lander ascent module
2025 Reusable lander transfer module
2026 Expendable lander descent module for Artemis V
2026 Refuel for ascent module
2026 Refuel for transfer module
2027 Expendable lander descent module for Artemis VI
2027 Refuel for ascent module
2027 Refuel for transfer module
2028 Refuel for ascent module for Artemis VII
2028 First refuel for transfer module
2028 Second refuel for transfer module
2028 Reusable descent module

See also

Notes
  1. Serial number displayed in parentheses.
  2. Time displayed in days, hours, minutes, and seconds.

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