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On March 26, 2019, Vice President Mike Pence announced that NASA's Moon landing goal would be accelerated by four years with a planned landing in 2024. [26] On May 16, 2019, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that the new program would be named Artemis, after the goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology who is the twin sister of Apollo.
Artemis III is planned to be the first crewed Moon landing mission of the Artemis program and the first crewed flight of the Starship HLS lander. [5] Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed Artemis mission and the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972. [6]
Another proposal suggested in 2017 was to take four astronauts aboard Orion on an 8-to-21–day trip around the Moon to deliver the first element of the Deep Space Gateway. [7] In March 2018, it was decided to launch the first Gateway module on a commercial launch vehicle [ 8 ] because of delays in building the Mobile Launcher needed to hold ...
Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander stands more than 6 feet tall and nearly 12 feet wide. Powered by three solar panels, the spacecraft is designed to stick the landing when it makes it to the moon ...
Artemis 3, the first crewed moon landing under the program using SpaceX's Starship, is now scheduled for September 2026, previously planned for late 2025, NASA said.
Nelson said the first Moon landing with astronauts is targeted for mid-2027 if SpaceX's Starship is ready for the Artemis III mission.
First lunar landing of the Artemis program. [7] Artemis 4: September 2028 [8] [9] 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, [10] [11] followed by a crewed lunar landing. [12 ...
Artemis V is the fifth planned mission of NASA's Artemis program and the first crewed flight of the Blue Moon lander. [2] The mission will launch four astronauts on a Space Launch System rocket and an Orion to the Lunar Gateway and will be the third lunar landing of the Artemis program.