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: 6 May 2022
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 | – | NET Aug 2022 | Pacific Ocean | formerly Exploration Mission-1 | |
Artemis II | Orion CM-003 (Artemis 2) | 4 | NET May 2024 | NET Jun 2024 | Pacific Ocean | first crewed mission, planned lunar flyby; formerly Exploration Mission-2 | |
Artemis III | Orion CM-004 (Artemis 3) | 4 | NET 2025 | NET 2025 | Pacific Ocean | first crewed moon landing mission of the Artemis programme | |
Artemis IV | (Artemis 4) | NET 2026 | Pacific Ocean | assembly mission of the lunar Gateway Space Station | |||
Artemis V | (Artemis 5) | NET 2027 | Pacific Ocean | second crewed moon landing with stop at Gateway Space Station | |||