NASAPlanetary ScienceMay 13, 20261 min
NASA Outlines Preliminary Artemis III Mission Plans
Astroboat summary
NASA is moving quickly to define next year’s Artemis III mission in Earth orbit, a crewed flight that will test rendezvous and docking capabilities between the agency’s Orion spacecraft and commercial landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX. Since a February announcement adding an Artemis mission ahead of crewed landing missions to the Moon’s South Pole region,
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