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Artemis IV
NASA · ESA · Launch: 2028 (provisional)
Second crewed lunar landing, including the first assembly of the Gateway lunar station.
Objective: Land astronauts again and start building a station in lunar orbit.
Crewed launch
2028
Target date · may change
Mission details
- Rocket & spacecraft
- SLS Block 1B (new Exploration Upper Stage) + Orion
- Lander
- SpaceX Starship HLS (upgraded)
- Crew
- 4 astronauts — 2 land on the Moon. Crew not yet announced; an ESA astronaut is expected to fly.
- Destination
- Gateway lunar station + lunar south pole
- Delivers ESA's I-Hab module to the Gateway station in lunar orbit.
- Crew boards Starship at Gateway to descend to the surface.
- First Artemis mission using the more powerful SLS Block 1B.
Milestones
0 of 1 reachedCrewed launch
2028Provisional
Future dates are agency targets, not confirmed schedules.
Curated dataset
Official source: NASA Artemis →