SLS Block 1 | Artemis III

Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Vehicle: Space Launch System (SLS)

Launch Date:

Launch Site: Launch Complex 39B

Target Orbit: LEO

Orbital Compute Tier: Insufficient data

Artemis III is the second crew mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis III will send a crew of 4 on a Low Earth Orbit mission, with the Orion rendezvous and dock with one or both commercial lunar landers in development by SpaceX and Blue Origin, performing in-space tests of the docked vehicles, integrated checkout of life support, communications, and propulsion systems, as well as tests of the new Extravehicular Activity (xEVA) suits.

Mission intelligence

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