Artemis III
Also known as EM-3, SLS-3, Exploration Mission-3, Space Launch System-3, Artemis 3
Artemis III is an upcoming spaceflight mission, planned to be the second crewed mission in NASA's Artemis lunar exploration program, with a targeted launch in mid-2027. The crew will launch aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft.
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Key facts
- Names
- Exploration Mission-3 (EM-3)
- Mission type
- Crewed Earth orbital Orion/, HLS test flight
- Operator
- NASA
- Spacecraft
- Orion CM-004 ESM-3 Blue Moon ( potentially ) Starship HLS ( potentially )
- Manufacturer
- Orion CM: Lockheed Martin ESM: Airbus Defence and Space Blue Moon: Blue Origin Starship: SpaceX
- Launch date
- Late 2027 ( planned )
- Rocket
- Space Launch System
- Launch site
- Kennedy , LC-39B
- Landing site
- Pacific Ocean ( planned )
- Reference system
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Artemis III is an upcoming spaceflight mission, planned to be the second crewed mission in NASA's Artemis lunar exploration program, with a targeted launch in late 2027. The crew will launch aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft.
The mission will rendezvous in Earth orbit with vehicles such as SpaceX's Starship HLS and Blue Origin's Blue Moon commercially developed Human Landing Systems (HLS). These will be launched separately by their commercial providers, with the mission testing rendezvous and docking operations and may also include evaluation of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) space suit. It is broadly comparable to Apollo 9 in the Apollo program.