Artemis IV first crewed lunar south pole landing (planned)

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1. Story
2. Planned first crewed lunar landing of the Artemis programme and the first ever at the lunar south pole: four crew launch on SLS in Orion, two transfer to a commercial Human Landing System and descend for roughly a week of surface operations. A programme target, not a forecast.
3. Knowledge
4. Orion (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle)
5. Lunar South Pole Region
6. Artemis IV first crewed lunar south pole landing (planned)
7. Connections
8. Lunar South Pole Region
9. Orion (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle)
10. Shackleton Crater
11. Cabeus Crater
12. Lunar Water Ice
13. LCROSS Centaur impacts the permanently shadowed floor of Cabeus crater
14. NASA narrows candidate south polar landing regions to nine
15. Artemis IV first crewed lunar south pole landing (planned)
16. Artemis I
17. Artemis II
18. Apollo Lunar Module
19. Artemis I launches uncrewed from Launch Complex 39B
20. Artemis I splashes down after 25 days
21. NASA concludes the Orion heat shield investigation
22. Artemis II launches — first crew beyond low Earth orbit since 1972
23. Artemis II splashes down off San Diego
24. Artemis III crewed low Earth orbit demonstration (planned)
25. Artemis IV first crewed lunar south pole landing (planned)
26. Evidence
27. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced on 27 February 2026 that Artemis III will no longer attempt a lunar landing but will fly a crewed rendezvous and docking demonstration in low Earth orbit with SpaceX and Blue Origin Human Landing System test articles, targeted for 2027, and that the first crewed lunar landing moves to Artemis IV no earlier than 2028.