Artemis III SLS stacking advances as Orion results confirm trajectory fix
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September 7, 2026

Artemis III SLS stacking advances as Orion results confirm trajectory fix

By Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera and Chris Bergin

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Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have pushed Artemis III Space Launch System hardware another…

Related Launch: Artemis III

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.

Rocket
Space Launch System Block 1
Pad
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Status
To Be Determined
Date
June 30, 2027
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