https://spacewatch.global/tag/artemis-iii/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:49:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/artemis-iii/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/nasa-unveils-moon-base-architecture-pauses-gateway-and-accelerates-nuclear-propulsion/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72301 NASA used its agency-wide "Ignition" event on Tuesday to announce a sweeping realignment of programmes around President Trump's National Space Policy, headlined by a three-phase Moon base plan, a pause of the Gateway station in its current form, and a commitment to launch the first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft to Mars before the end of 2028.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/sapcewatchgl-economy-artemis-delays-and-esa-connecting-the-dots/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 09:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53209 ESA held its Annual Directors General Press Conference at its PARIS HQ on 11 January 2024. A recording is available here  and a slide deck here. Among the many topics covered, one generated several burning questions: NASA having just a few days earlier announced Artemis II and III delays, would that impact ESA, and if yes, how? ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/artemis-ii-pushed-to-september-2025/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53147 The schedules for Artemis II and Artemis III have been postponed to September 2025 for Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon, and September 2026 for Artemis III, which is planned to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole, NASA announced. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/axiom-spacesuit-for-nasas-artemis-iii-moon-surface-mission-debuts/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47293 Axiom Space has revealed the prototype spacesuit astronauts will wear during NASA’s Artemis III mission. NASA selected the company to develop the modern suits and the prototype was revealed on the 15th of March during an event at Space Center Houston in Texas. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/nasa-finalizes-future-artemis-sls-production-with-boeing/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 07:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45462 NASA has signed the US $3.2-billion SLS Stages Production and Evolution Contract with Boeing for the manufacture of the core and upper stages of future Space Launch System (SLS) rockets for the Artemis missions going to the Moon and beyond, NASA said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/nasa-awards-spacex-contract-modification-for-missions-beyond-artemis-iii/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44869 SpaceX was awarded a NASA contract modification, Option B, to further develop its Starship human landing system to meet agency requirements for long-term human exploration of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, NASA said. According to the modification, SpaceX will conduct a second crewed landing demonstration in 2027 as part of the Artemis IV mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/nasa-identifies-possible-lunar-landing-regions-for-artemis-iii/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42843 NASA has identified 13 candidate landing regions, each containing multiple potential landing sites for the upcoming 6.5-day Artemis III mission, within six degrees of latitude of the lunar South Pole, the Agency said. Artemis III will be the first mission to land astronauts on the lunar surface, including the first woman to visit the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/artemis-ii-crew-gets-new-transportation-vehicles/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40501 Canoo Technologies is supplying NASA’s Artemis II crew with a new fleet of transportation vehicles that will be used to take the astronauts to Launch Pad 39B for their historic ride aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, NASA announced. The fleet of three vehicles is designed to accommodate the fully suited astronauts, the support team, and their equipment.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/nasa-artemis-moon-landing-postponed-to-2025/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37101 NASA announced that due to the challenges and progress of their lunar exploration plans, the first human landing under Artemis will be delayed by a year. A safe and quick return of astronauts to the Moon in more than 50 years is still a priority for the agency.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/arianegroup-delivers-key-components-for-nasas-artemis-moon-mission/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26614&preview=true&preview_id=26614 ArianeGroup delivers key components for NASA's Artemis Moon mission]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/nasa-details-artemis-program-plan-to-land-on-the-moon-in-2024/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26384&preview=true&preview_id=26384 NASA details Artemis program plan to land on the Moon in 2024]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/airbus-wins-esa-contract-to-construct-third-european-service-module-for-nasas-orion-spacecraft/ Thu, 28 May 2020 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22942 The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on 26 May 2020 that it has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of the third European Service Module (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft. The contract is worth around €250 million.]]>