The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration, aimed at returning humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo pro
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
Blue Moon is a family of lunar landers and their associated infrastructure, intended to carry humans and cargo to the Moon, under development by a consortium led by Blue Origin and including Lockheed
Artemis program
…and docking tests in Earth orbit with one or both commercially developed lunar landers launched separately—SpaceX's Starship HLS and Blue Origin's Blue Moon—as well as test the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) space suit. The mission is broadly comparable to Apollo 9. Artemis IV (early 2028) is…
Rendering of Blue Moon Mark 1
The Blue Origin construction site at Exploration Park in Florida on September 12, 2017.
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo craft approaches the International Space Station