Summary of Orion missions
Note |
Scheduled and ongoing missions are highlighted in italics, respectively; NET = No earlier than. Throughout tables the European time format (day/month/year) is used; all times are UTC. |
Last update: 4 March 2024
Mission | Crew | Mission duration (crew) | Landing site | Purpose / mission highlights / noticeable events | |||
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no. | designation | vehicle (callsign) | (up/down) | lift-off | landing | ||
Orion | |||||||
– | Artemis I | Orion CM-002 | – | 16/11/2022 | 11/12/2022 | Pacific Ocean | uncrewed; SLS Block 1; formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) |
Artemis II | Orion CM-003 (Artemis 2) | 4 | NET Sep 2025 | Oct 2025 | Pacific Ocean | first crewed mission, planned lunar flyby; SLS Block 1; formerly Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2) | |
Artemis III | Orion CM-004 (Artemis 3) | 4 | NET Sep 2026 | Oct 2026 | Pacific Ocean | first crewed moon landing mission of the Artemis programme; SLS Block 1 | |
Artemis IV | (Artemis 4) | NET Sep 2028 | Oct 2028 | Pacific Ocean | assembly mission of the lunar Gateway Space Station; SLS Block 1B | ||
Artemis V | (Artemis 5) | NET Sep 2029 | Oct 2029 | Pacific Ocean | second crewed moon landing with stop at Gateway Space Station; SLS Block 1B | ||