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3 missions

  1. Artemis III

    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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  2. Photo: NASA / Public domain (US government work)

    Artemis II

    The first crew to fly Orion around the Moon

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    Artemis II launched from Kennedy Space Center on 1 April 2026 on NASA's Space Launch System, carrying Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency in the Orion capsule Integrity. The crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego on 10 April, after a mission of 9 days, 1 hour and 32 minutes.

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  3. Photo: NASA / Steven Seipel / Public domain (US government work)

    Artemis I

    The uncrewed flight that tested Orion and SLS

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    Artemis I launched the Space Launch System and the uncrewed Orion spacecraft on 16 November 2022, the first flight of NASA's Artemis programme. Orion flew around the Moon on a long route and splashed down in the Pacific on 11 December 2022.

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