Artemis III
Space Launch System Block 1, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Launch time
No earlier than
NET June 2027
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UpdatedSlip history
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NET June 2027.
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NET mid-2027.
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NET September 2026.
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NET December 2025
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NET 12 months after Artemis II
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Mission
Artemis III on Space Launch System Block 1 from Launch Complex 39B. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.
Artemis III is the second crew mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis III will send a crew of 4 on a Low Earth Orbit mission, with the Orion rendezvous and dock with one or both commercial lunar landers in development by SpaceX and Blue Origin, performing in-space tests of the docked vehicles, integrated checkout of life support, communications, and propulsion systems, as well as tests of the new Extravehicular Activity (xEVA) suits.
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Programmes: Artemis
Launch timeline
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Launch pad
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA (US)
Coordinates: 28.62711233, -80.62101503
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