Artemis program

Artemis program
Artemis program
	An artist's picture of Orion spacecraft arriving the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (right) in lunar orbit.
Purpose/focus	Crewed lunar exploration
Budget	$50 billion (2024; estimate)

The Artemis program is an international human space-flight program.^[1]

The next flight, Artemis 3, is scheduled for no earlier than 2027.^[2]

History

The Artemis program began in December 2017. It was created by bringing together many programs that had been started since 2009 by the United States as it tries to return to the moon.

Flights

Artemis 1 flew in December 2022 without crew.
Artemis 2
Artemis 3 is supposed to happen in the middle of 2027; It is supposed to "stay in Earth orbit, [... and test] Orion's ability to dock with" SpaceX Starship and/or Blue Moon (spacecraft), according to media.^[3]
Artemis 4 is supposed to happen in late^[4] 2028.
Artemis 5 is supposed to happen later.

Other information

It will involve the first woman and thirteenth man to land on the moon. It is led by the United States and planned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It will be the first lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972, which was the final lunar mission of the Apollo program.

As a result of Artemis, the United States hopes that there will always be humans on the moon. One day the program might take humans to Mars and other places in the Solar System.^[5] As well as NASA, the Artemis program work is done by companies and other international organisations like European Space Agency.

Artemis Program Media

An artist's rendering of the lunar module (left) and Orion spacecraft envisioned during the Constellation program
The Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean, following the Exploration Flight Test-1 mission
Orion capsule shortly after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2022.
Official crew portrait, clockwise from left: Koch, Glover, Hansen and Wiseman
SLS Block 1 at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B for Artemis II.
NASA's Orion spacecraft undergoing final tests
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Rendering of the assembled Lunar Gateway, 2024 design
Gateway design architecture in 2024
An artist's rendition of an Artemis astronaut wearing the xEMU spacesuit and xPLS life support backpack during an EVA on the Moon.
NASA's baseline Lunar Terrain Vehicle