👩🚀 Space Launch System (SLS) · Artemis III (TBD) · NET June 2027
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. No earlier than June 2027 · To Be Determined Space Launch System Block 1 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Crew: Randolph Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Andre Douglas, and Francisco Rubio Program: Artemis Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by NASA/Joel Kowsky (NASA Image and Media Guidelines) via The Space Devs.