NASA Targets September 2026 For Artemis III, The First Crewed Moon Landing Mission In Over 50 Years. Know More

NASA targets September 2025 for the launch of Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon, and 2028 for Artemis IV, the first mission to the Gateway lunar space station. 

Artemis: As part of Artemis II, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be launched aboard the Orion spacecraft to lunar orbit. It will be the first crewed Artemis flight. ( Image Source :NASA )

NASA is targeting September 2026 for the launch of Artemis III, the third leg of the space agency's Artemis Program. Artemis III will be the first crewed Moon landing mission in over 50 years, and aims to land the first astronauts near the lunar south pole. The space agency has also announced the target dates for Artemis II and Artemis IV, the second and fourth instalments of the Artemis Program, respectively.  NASA launched the most powerful rocket in the world, the Space Launch System