Artemis III
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Artemis III is an upcoming crewed spaceflight mission of the NASA-led Artemis program. Planned for 2027, the mission is designed as a demonstration flight in low Earth orbit rather than a lunar landin
Assembly of the European Service Module for the planned mission
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The upper section of the core stage being loaded into the Pegasus barge, April 2026
The Orion spacecraft for Artemis III under construction in February 2022
Orion (spacecraft)
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The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used by NASA for the Artemis lunar exploration program. It consists of a crew module, a space capsule built by Lockheed M
Photo of Orion taken during the flight of Artemis II
The crew of Artemis II training inside an Orion mock-up in January 2025
Annotated photo of the Orion mock-up, outfitted to fully simulate a crewed mission, 2021
Testing of Orion's parachute system