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Artemis III Crewed Lunar Landing

Starts 06/01/2027 ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…ng on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, targeting the lunar south pole. Estimated date.…"

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Artemis III Crewed Lunar Landing

The first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, targeting the lunar south pole. Estimated date.

Artemis III has been redefined: it is now a crewed low Earth orbit demonstration, not a lunar landing, planned for no earlier than June 2027 from Kennedy LC-39B on SLS; Artemis IV is now planned as the first crewed lunar landing^[1]
The roughly two-week mission has Orion dock with a Blue Origin lander test vehicle (about 2 days) and a SpaceX Starship v3 test article (about 1 day), and the crew tests AxEMU spacesuit interfaces^[1]
Crew announced 9 June 2026: Randy Bresnik (commander), Luca Parmitano of ESA (pilot), Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas; the all-male crew drew criticism^[1]
As of April 2026 neither lander test vehicle had completed human-rating certification; Orion's internal readiness date was January 2028 as of early 2026^[1]
It was originally planned as the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972^[1]

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en.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 11, 2026· Starts Jun 1, 2027 ✓· 100% of score
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