Artemis

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Illustration of a spacecraft above the lunar surface with the text "we're sending astronauts into DEEP SPACE" and a blue arrow pointing toward the spacecraft.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir speaks during an interview, wearing a blue flight suit with mission patches, against a dark blue background.

Artemis I on its launchpad

Artemis I launch

Artist's rendering of the Orion spacecraft with four solar panel arrays, shown orbiting above Earth's atmosphere against the blackness of space.

Infographic of NASA's Orion mission path showing numbered stages from liftoff, Earth orbit, lunar flyby, to reentry and splashdown.

Orion approaching Gateway.

Artemis: Media

United States spaceflight program

Videos

Illustration of a spacecraft above the lunar surface with the text "we're sending astronauts into DEEP SPACE" and a blue arrow pointing toward the spacecraft.

Why Artemis II Is Taking Us Back to the Moon

NASA's Artemis program is looking to the Moon—and beyond.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir speaks during an interview, wearing a blue flight suit with mission patches, against a dark blue background.

Will Artemis Launch the First Woman to the Moon?

NASA has its eye on the Moon—again.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

Orion liftoff

Orion liftoff

Liftoff of a Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft, Cape Canaveral,...

Bill Ingalls/NASA

Artemis I on its launchpad

Artemis I on its launchpad

Full Moon as seen above Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...

Cory Huston/NASA

Artemis I launch

Artemis I launch

Liftoff of the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft at NASA's...

Bill Ingalls/NASA

Artist's rendering of the Orion spacecraft with four solar panel arrays, shown orbiting above Earth's atmosphere against the blackness of space.

Orion spacecraft

Artist's conception of the Orion spacecraft orbiting Earth. Part of the Artemis program,...

NASA

Infographic of NASA's Orion mission path showing numbered stages from liftoff, Earth orbit, lunar flyby, to reentry and splashdown.

Artemis II mission profile: Orion crewed lunar flyby trajectory

Diagram of the Artemis II flight path showing Orion's launch, Earth orbit maneuvers,...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Artemis I

Artemis I

The Artemis I mission's Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft sit on a launchpad...

Joel Kowsky/NASA

Orion approaching Gateway.

Orion approaching Gateway.

Artist's conception of an Orion spacecraft approaching the Gateway space station...

Alberto Bertolin/NASA

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