Atlas — the interactive world
the Moon · All Worlds · Explore · 1926–2026 · 2 of 37 located marks in focus · editorial corpus · no live source connected
mission
Close ✕Artemis III
Planned. Artemis III was for years designated the first crewed lunar landing since 1972, targeting the south pole with a SpaceX Starship Human Landing System.
No recorded place · planned — NASA target 2027
Lunar mission
Operated byNASA · United States
ProgrammeArtemis
ClassPlanned · crewed
Outcomeplanned
Launchednot yet launched
PositionThis mission has not flown. Atlas draws no position for a landing that has not happened.
Connections
- risk reduction for Artemis IV — After the February 2026 replan, Artemis III became a low Earth orbit rendezvous and docking demonstration whose purpose is to retire integration risk before Artemis IV attempts the landing.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates