Artemis program

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The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA human spaceflight program
lunar exploration program
aim establish a sustainable lunar presence
prepare for future crewed missions to Mars
return humans to the Moon
announcedBy NASA
United States government
announcedIn 2017
ArtemisIIIMissionType first crewed lunar landing of the program
ArtemisIIIPlanned mid-2020s
ArtemisIIITargetRegion lunar south pole
ArtemisIIMissionType first crewed Orion flight
ArtemisIIPlanned mid-2020s
ArtemisIITrajectory lunar flyby
ArtemisILandingDate 11 December 2022
ArtemisILaunchDate 16 November 2022
ArtemisILaunchVehicle Space Launch System
surface form: "Space Launch System Block 1"
ArtemisIMissionType uncrewed test flight
ArtemisIOutcome successful uncrewed lunar orbit test
ArtemisIs Greek goddess of the Moon
ArtemisISpacecraft Orion spacecraft
ArtemisIVMissionType Gateway assembly and lunar mission
ArtemisIVUses Space Launch System
surface form: "Space Launch System Block 1B"
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
focus crewed lunar orbit missions
crewed lunar surface missions
in-situ resource utilization on the Moon
lunar south pole exploration
technology demonstration for Mars missions
formalNameAnnouncedIn 2019
governedBy Artemis Accords
includesMission Artemis I
Artemis II
Artemis III
Artemis IV
internationalPartners Australian Space Agency
Canadian Space Agency
European Space Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
longTermGoal develop deep space logistics and operations capability
enable crewed missions to Mars
namedAfter Artemis
operator NASA
predecessor Apollo program
scienceGoals search for and characterize lunar water ice
study lunar geology
study space weather and radiation
test life support systems for deep space
supportsInfrastructure Lunar Gateway
lunar mobility systems
lunar power systems
lunar surface habitats
usesLaunchVehicle Space Launch System
usesLunarGateway Lunar Gateway
usesLunarLander Starship Human Landing System
surface form: "Human Landing System"
usesSpacecraft Orion spacecraft

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Block 1 agencyProgram Artemis program
this entity surface form: "NASA Artemis program"
Exploration Upper Stage agencyProgram Artemis program
this entity surface form: "NASA Artemis program"
NASA notableProgram Artemis program
Artemis IV organization Artemis program
this entity surface form: "NASA Artemis program office"
Artemis I partOf Artemis program
Artemis II partOf Artemis program
Artemis III partOf Artemis program
Artemis IV partOf Artemis program
Lunar Gateway partOf Artemis program
Space Launch System partOfProgram Artemis program
Block 1 primaryMissionProgram Artemis program
Block 1B program Artemis program
Block 2 program Artemis program
Orion spacecraft program Artemis program
SLS program Artemis program
subject surface form: "Space Launch System"
Artemis IV relatedProgram Artemis program
this entity surface form: "NASA Moon to Mars initiative"
Artemis Accords relatedTo Artemis program
this entity surface form: "NASA Artemis program"
Starship Human Landing System selectedBy Artemis program
this entity surface form: "NASA Human Landing System program"
this entity surface form: "Moon to Mars initiative"
LC-39B supportedProgram Artemis program
Starship launch system supportsProgram Artemis program
this entity surface form: "NASA Artemis program"
Stennis Space Center supportsProgram Artemis program
NASA Causeway usedDuring Artemis program
this entity surface form: "Artemis program launches"
Kennedy Space Center usedForProgram Artemis program
Launch Operations Center usedForProgram Artemis program

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