Artemis mission timeline

NASA’s Artemis programme aims to send humans back to the moon for the first time in 50 years


ARTEMIS I 	Launch: 2022 	Days: 42

Uncrewed mission to moon and back will test performance of Space Launch System (SLS) – more powerful than Saturn V rocket – and Orion capsule

ARTEMIS II 	Launch: 2024 	Days: ~10

First crewed test flight. Orion will take four astronauts 8,889km beyond moon – further from Earth than humans have ever been, and complete lunar flyby before return

ARTEMIS III 	Launch: 2025 	Days: ~30

First moon landing since Apollo 17 in 1972. Four astronauts aboard Orion will dock with Lunar Gateway and remain in space for 30 days. Lunar lander will then take one man and one woman down to moon’s South Pole to conduct experiments over one week

ARTEMIS IV 	Launch: 2026 	Days: ~30

No lunar landing. Mission will deliver International Habitation Module (I-HAB) to Lunar Gateway. Designed by European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, I-HAB will provide main living space for astronauts in station

ARTEMIS V Launch: 2026 Days: ~30

Mission will deliver Canadian-built robotic arm system and ESA’s ESPRIT refuelling and communications module to Lunar Gateway. Two of four-strong crew will then fly down to lunar south pole with NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle on board lander


Sources: NASA, Space.com, Stratfor 
Pictures: NASA 
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