A crewed rehearsal for the Moon, flown in Earth orbit
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Artemis III is NASA's planned 14-day crewed flight in low Earth orbit, set for summer 2027, in which an Orion crew of four will dock with test versions of the Blue Origin and SpaceX lunar landers. It replaced the original plan to land on the Moon, and NASA now aims to put astronauts on the surface with Artemis IV in 2028.
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NASA leaders at Kennedy Space Center updated progress on assembling the SLS for Artemis 3, a low Earth orbit docking-test mission planned for summer 2027, and on plans for an Artemis 4 crewed lunar…
Published 23 Oct 2026
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NASA's reimagined Artemis III is described as a 14-day crewed Earth-orbit mission planned for summer 2027, in which an Orion crew of four docks with a Blue Origin Blue Moon Mark II prototype and a…
Published 31 Oct 2026
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The video describes NASA's revised Artemis 3 plan, announced by Administrator Jared Isaacman on October 23: a crewed Earth-orbit rehearsal in summer 2027 rather than a Moon landing.
Published 1 Nov 2026