{ "asOf": "2026-10-11", "updated": "2026-10-11", "note": "All dates are NASA figures; future dates are NASA targets and shift. Updated by scripts/update-artemis.js (flags changes; never invents data).", "program": { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/", "label": "NASA, Artemis program" }, "missions": [ { "id": "artemis-i", "name": "Artemis I", "state": "flown", "target": "Nov. 16, 2022", "missionType": "Uncrewed lunar flight test", "synopsis": "NASA's first flight test of SLS, Orion and ground systems: an uncrewed 25-day trip beyond the Moon, launched Nov. 16 and splashed down Dec. 11, 2022.", "status": "Flown. Uncrewed flight test, Nov. 16 to Dec. 11, 2022.", "objective": "Test the rocket, spacecraft and ground systems without a crew.", "crew": [], "hardware": "SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft (uncrewed).", "milestones": [ { "date": "2022-11-16", "label": "Launch from Kennedy Space Center" }, { "date": "2022-12-11", "label": "Splashdown" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-i/", "label": "NASA, Artemis I" } ], "watch": null }, { "id": "artemis-ii", "name": "Artemis II", "state": "flown", "target": "April 1–10, 2026", "launch": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z", "missionType": "Crewed lunar flyby", "status": "Flown. Four astronauts flew around the Moon, reached 252,756 miles from Earth on April 6, 2026, and splashed down off San Diego after a nearly 10-day, 695,081-mile journey.", "objective": "Prove Orion and SLS with a crew aboard.", "crew": [ { "name": "Reid Wiseman", "role": "Commander", "agency": "NASA" }, { "name": "Victor Glover", "role": "Pilot", "agency": "NASA" }, { "name": "Christina Koch", "role": "Mission Specialist", "agency": "NASA" }, { "name": "Jeremy Hansen", "role": "Mission Specialist", "agency": "CSA" } ], "hardware": "SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft.", "milestones": [ { "date": "2026-04-01", "label": "Launch on SLS and Orion from Kennedy Space Center" }, { "date": "2026-04-06", "label": "New record: 252,756 miles from Earth" }, { "date": "2026-04-10", "label": "Splashdown off San Diego" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-welcomes-record-setting-artemis-ii-moonfarers-back-to-earth/", "label": "NASA, Artemis II crew back on Earth" }, { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-eclipses-record-for-farthest-human-spaceflight/", "label": "NASA, Artemis II distance record" } ], "watch": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/", "synopsis": "Four astronauts flew around the Moon in April 2026 and reached 252,756 miles from Earth, farther than any humans before." }, { "id": "artemis-iii", "name": "Artemis III", "state": "upcoming", "target": "2027", "targetLabel": "NASA target: 2027", "missionType": "Crewed Demonstration", "status": "A crewed test flight in low Earth orbit: Orion will practice rendezvous and docking with one or both commercial lunar landers and test critical systems before any landing. No launch date set yet, so no countdown.", "objective": "Demonstrate Critical Systems for Lunar Landing", "crew": [ { "name": "Randy Bresnik", "role": "Commander", "agency": "NASA" }, { "name": "Luca Parmitano", "role": "Pilot", "agency": "ESA" }, { "name": "Andre Douglas", "role": "Mission Specialist", "agency": "NASA" }, { "name": "Frank Rubio", "role": "Mission Specialist", "agency": "NASA" } ], "hardware": "SLS, Orion, and one or both human landing systems: SpaceX Starship and Blue Origin Blue Moon (company-built, NASA contracts).", "milestones": [ { "date": "2026-02-27", "label": "NASA makes Artemis III an Earth-orbit test; first landing moves to Artemis IV" }, { "date": "2026-06-09", "label": "Crew named: Bresnik, Parmitano (ESA), Douglas, Rubio" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-iii/", "label": "NASA, Artemis III mission" }, { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-marches-toward-artemis-iii-mission-in-2027-names-crew-members/", "label": "NASA, Artemis III crew" }, { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-adds-mission-to-artemis-lunar-program-updates-architecture/", "label": "NASA, Artemis architecture update" } ], "watch": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-iii/", "synopsis": "A crewed test in low Earth orbit: Orion practices docking with commercial lunar landers before any landing." }, { "id": "artemis-iv", "name": "Artemis IV", "state": "upcoming", "target": "Early 2028", "targetLabel": "NASA target: early 2028", "missionType": "Crewed Surface Landing", "status": "Humanity's return to the lunar surface: two of four crew will descend near the Moon's South Pole and spend about a week there. Crew not yet announced.", "objective": "Land two astronauts near the lunar South Pole for about a week of science.", "crew": [], "hardware": "SLS (standardized configuration from Artemis IV), Orion docking with a commercial human landing system in lunar orbit. Gateway is not listed in NASA's February 2026 plan update.", "milestones": [ { "date": "2026-02-27", "label": "NASA names Artemis IV the first crewed landing, targeted for 2028" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-iv/", "label": "NASA, Artemis IV" }, { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/going-back-to-the-moon.pdf", "label": "NASA, Return to the lunar surface plan (Mar 2026)" } ], "watch": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-iv/", "synopsis": "Humanity's return to the lunar surface: two astronauts spend about a week near the Moon's South Pole." }, { "id": "artemis-v", "name": "Artemis V", "state": "upcoming", "target": "Late 2028", "targetLabel": "NASA target: late 2028", "missionType": "Crewed landing", "synopsis": "A second astronaut landing in NASA's February 2026 plan.", "status": "NASA's February 2026 plan lists Artemis V as an additional astronaut landing, targeting late 2028. No mission page or crew yet.", "objective": "An additional astronaut landing on the Moon.", "crew": [], "hardware": "SLS, Orion and a commercial human landing system (per NASA's plan).", "milestones": [ { "date": "2026-02-27", "label": "Added to NASA's updated Artemis plan" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/going-back-to-the-moon.pdf", "label": "NASA, Return to the lunar surface plan (Mar 2026)" } ], "watch": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-v/", "watchOptional": true } ] }