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SLS Block 1 | Artemis III

June 30, 2027 at 12:00 AM UTC

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

SLS Block 1 | Artemis III launch image
Mission imagery · Space Launch System Block 1

Launch details

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June 30, 2027 at 12:00 AM UTC

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Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA · 28.6271, -80.6210

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Launch site
Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Launch probability
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Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Space Launch System Block 1

Space Launch System · Block 1

Height

98 m

Diameter

8.4 m

LEO capacity

95,000 kg

Successful launches

2

Launch complex

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

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Mission updates

NET June 2027.

August 22, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

NET mid-2027.

December 5, 2024 at 6:18 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

NET 12 months after Artemis II

March 7, 2023 at 5:51 PM UTC · Nosu

NET December 2025

March 13, 2023 at 4:09 PM UTC · Nosu

NET September 2026.

January 9, 2024 at 6:54 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin