Artemis II (+)

[Aurel Guthrie]

As I understand it, Artemis V is the mission that will land on the moon. Artemis III is going to simply be testing the Orion module’s docking capabilities in orbit. Not sure what Artemis IV is going to do.

Artemis IV is the moon landing, currently scheduled for early 2028. Artemis V will be a second landing later the same year.

 

[pukunui]

Artemis IV is the moon landing, currently scheduled for early 2028. Artemis V will be a second landing later the same year.

Aha! Is Artemis V the one where they’ll start building the base?

 

[Ryujin]

It looks like the first tests of the lunar landing vehicle (docking, not landing), are to occur with Artemis III and that the vehicle(s) are to be produced by SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Artemis III - NASA

www.nasa.gov

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Artemis IV is the moon landing, currently scheduled for early 2028. Artemis V will be a second landing later the same year.

I have to say, I'm rather skeptical of the timeline here. AFAICT neither BO nor SpaceX are anywhere near developed enough with their lander programs to be testing docking them next year, let alone putting them on the Moon in early 2028. I mean, I'm sure it'll happen eventually, and I'd be happy to proven wrong re: the timeline but that's really moving fast, and this is one place where "move fast and break things" really doesn't work!

 

[Ryujin]

I have to say, I'm rather skeptical of the timeline here. AFAICT neither BO nor SpaceX are anywhere near developed enough with their lander programs to be testing docking them next year, let alone putting them on the Moon in early 2028. I mean, I'm sure it'll happen eventually, and I'd be happy to proven wrong re: the timeline but that's really moving fast, and this is one place where "move fast and break things" really doesn't work!

Scheduling in space flight technology seems to be little more than a placeholder. I'm still waiting for the first test flight of Dream Chaser - Tenacity, which was supposed to occur in 2021. Even bought the T-Shirt.

 

[General_Tangent]

Based on the current development of this generation of landers I'm also sceptical of the 2028 date; and with Space X falling behind on their timeline it's only a matter of time before they burn through all the money allocated to them by the government.

One thing that tickled me about the splashdown is that CNN's aviation expert is Miles O’Brien . How many self-sealing stem bolts did they have to pop to open the capsule door?