Artemis 2 launch date Artemis 2 crew What will Artemis 2 do? What comes after Artemis 2? Additional resources Artemis 2 is the second scheduled flight of the Artemis program and the first crewed Artemis mission. Artemis 2 will include three astronauts from NASA and one from the Canad...
Like the uncrewedArtemis 1and crewed Artemis 2, this mission aims to launch the giganticSpace Launch System(SLS) megarocket andOrion spacecraft. For landing on the moon, the crew will useSpaceX's Starship, a system that the California company is developing right now for crewed human missions....
NASA wants to fix the hydrogen issue with the rocket on the pad. That could allow a launch in the second half of September, and it will mean more time for...
Following delivery of the core stage to Kennedy, NASA will shift its focus to its first-time integration of the SLS, Orion, and EGS systems for the Artemis I launch. Integration and final systems testing is a complex and time-consuming process that often discovers issues in need of...
NASA is preparing for a critical test of its next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System, ahead of the Artemis-1 launch this spring. Artemisrefers to NASA's program to return humans to the moon by 2025, and this time the plan will be to build a sustainable presence on the moon...
The 5.75-million-pound SLS rocket is held to its launch pad by eight massive bolts, four at the base of each solid rocket booster. At booster ignition, explosive charges shatter the bolts and the SLS takes off. Acceleration In the first two minutes of flight, the twin solid rocket booster...
Eastern time. Artemis I is an uncrewed test flight that will launch the agency's Space Launch System and send its Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back to Earth. The new date comes after the megarocket's liftoff has been delayed three times due to factors including weather and ...
entering the moon’s orbit and returning in eight to ten days. Currently, the mission is slated for launch in 2024. If all goes according to plan, Artemis 3 will take place as soon as 2025. This mission will send a crew of astronauts to the moon’s surface for the first time in...
NASA announced today that the Artemis II mission that was to launch this year and send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in five decades is being delayed to September 2025. Artemis III, which will return astronauts to the lunar surface, similarly is delayed for about a year, fro...
This mission represents the space agency’s first step in returning to the moon for the firsttime since 1972. The test mission—along with a series of planned follow-up flights in the years ahead—largely hinges on NASA’s Space Launch System, a 322-foot-tall rocket, and the Orion space...