This artist’s rendering shows an aerial view of the liftoff of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. This Block 1 crew configuration of the rocket will send the first three Artemis missions to the Moon. Credit: NASA/MSFC
targeted to launch no earlier than August 29, 2022. The two-hour launch window opens at 8:33 a.m. EDT (5:33 a.m. PDT) on Monday, August 29.
Artemis I will be the first integrated test of NASA’s new deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (
With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. It will use innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. NASA will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, NASA will use what they learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to
