NASA says four astronauts will launch in the summer of 2027.
The crew will not land on the Moon. They will test the landers in Earth orbit.
Blue Origin's Blue Moon test lander launches first. The Orion capsule meets it and docks.
Orion undocks from Blue Moon. It docks with SpaceX's Starship next.
Three of the world's most powerful rockets take part in one mission.
The mission lasts 14 days. The crew stays in low-Earth orbit the whole time.
The Moon landing was first planned for 2024. Delays pushed it back again and again.
This mission is the dress rehearsal. A real crewed landing aims for 2028.
Artemis II flew 252,756 miles from Earth. That is the farthest humans have ever gone.
China also plans to send people to the Moon. The new space race is on.
Read the full plain-English explainer of the Artemis III plan on Rive News.
Four astronauts. Three rockets. One dress rehearsal for the Moon.
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