List of Artemis missions

Emblem of the Artemis program

The Artemis program is a human spaceflight program by the United States. The Artemis program is intended to reestablish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972; mid-term objectives include establishing an international expedition team, and a sustainable human presence on the Moon. Long-term objectives for Artemis are laying the foundations for the extraction of lunar resources, and eventually making crewed missions to Mars and beyond feasible.

To date, missions in the program are aimed at exploration of the Moon, including crewed and robotic exploration of the lunar surface. Three flights of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle are currently planned for launch in the Artemis program in the early 2020s, beginning with Artemis 1. Before Artemis was named, the flights were referred to as "Orion missions". Numerous supporting scientific and technology demonstration missions are planned for launch under the program's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), in addition to planned and proposed uncrewed logistical missions to construct and resupply the Gateway and its expendable and reusable lunar landers in lunar orbit.

Main missions

Mission Launch date Crew Launch vehicle Launch pad Duration
EFT-1
5 December 2014
Uncrewed mission
Delta IV Heavy Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, SLC-37B 4h24m
Exploration Flight Test 1, high apogee high reentry test, carrying an uncrewed Orion capsule on its first spaceflight
Artemis 1
Artemis 1 insignia
16 November 2022
Uncrewed mission
SLS Block 1 Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B 25.5d
Maiden flight of the SLS, formerly "Exploration Mission 1" (EM1), carrying an uncrewed Orion capsule and ten CubeSats selected through several programs. The payloads were sent on a trans-lunar injection trajectory.
Artemis 2 September 2025 United States Reid Wiseman
United States Victor Glover
United States Christina Hammock Koch
Canada Jeremy Hansen
SLS Block 1 Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈10d
First crewed flight, carrying four crew members on a circumlunar free-return trajectory.
Artemis 3 September 2026 TBA SLS Block 1 Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Carrying Artemis III mission hardware. First lunar landing of the Artemis program.
Artemis 4 September 2028 TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Second Artemis Lunar landing. Debut of the SLS Block 1B and the Exploration Upper Stage. Co-manifested delivery of the I-HAB module to the Lunar Gateway, followed by a crewed lunar landing.
Artemis 5 September 2029 TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Co-manifested delivery of the ESPRIT Refueling Module to the Lunar Gateway.
Artemis 6 September 2030 TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis 7 September 2031 TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis 8 2032 (presumed) TBA SLS Block 1B Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis 9 (proposed) 2033 (presumed) TBA SLS Block 2 Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B ≈30d
Artemis 10 (proposed) 2034 (presumed) TBA SLS Block 2 Crew Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B <180d

Support missions

Technology demonstrations

Launched on 28 June 2022, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment ("CAPSTONE") mission is a small (25 kg) technology-demonstration spacecraft designed to test a low-energy trans-lunar trajectories and to demonstrate the near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) intended to support lunar polar missions.

Surface missions

Peregrine (left) and Nova-C (right) will be the first two robotic landers to directly support the Artemis program.

The Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program will support the Artemis program by landing several small payloads focused on scouting for lunar resources, in situ resource utilization (ISRU) experiments and lunar science, in preparation for an extended human presence on the lunar surface.

List of CLPS missions
Mission Launch date Operator Lander Rover Launch pad Launch vehicle Duration References
Peregrine Mission One 8 January 2024 Astrobotic Peregrine Iris Cape Canaveral, SLC-41 Vulcan Centaur 10 days (failure)
The lander carried multiple payloads, with a total payload mass capacity of 90 kg. However, the spacecraft was unable to reach the moon because of a propellant leak. It burned up over the Pacific Ocean on 18 January.
IM-1 15 February 2024 Intuitive Machines Nova-C Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A Falcon 9 ongoing
The lander carries six NASA-sponsored instruments, as well as six payloads from other customers, including EagleCAM. It is expected to land at Malapert A near the lunar south pole.
Blue Ghost M1 Q3 2024 Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost TBA Falcon 9 ≈2 weeks
Griffin Mission One November 2024 Astrobotic Griffin VIPER Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A Falcon Heavy ≈100 Earth days
IM-2 Q4 2024 Intuitive Machines Nova-C Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A Falcon 9
IM-3 Q1 2025 Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Vertex, CADRE × 4 Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A Falcon 9 ≈9-10 Earth days
TBA H1 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA ≈9-10 Earth days
TBA Q4 2025 – Q1 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA ≈9-10 Earth days
ispace Mission 3 2026 ispace / Draper APEX 1.0 TBA TBA ≈9-10 Earth days

Logistics missions

Artist's impression of the Power and Propulsion Element, the first module of the Lunar Gateway, in lunar orbit. It will generate 50 kW (67 hp) of solar electric power for its ion thrusters, life support, and other systems.

Uncrewed missions to assemble and resupply the Gateway will be executed as part of the Artemis program.

List of Gateway logistics missions
Launch date Payload
2025 HLS Uncrewed Lunar Demo for Artemis 3
November 2025 Power and Propulsion Element (PPE)
Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO)
September 2026 HLS Crewed Lunar Demo
September 2028 International Habitation Module (I-HAB) for Artemis 4
September 2028 Sustaining HLS Crewed Lunar Demo
2028 Dragon XL (GLS-1)
September 2029 ESPRIT Refueling Module (ERM) for Artemis 5
2029 GLS-2
September 2030 Crew and Science Airlock module for Artemis 6
September 2030 GLS-3
September 2031 GLS-4 for Artemis 7

See also


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