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Close ✕Artemis I
The uncrewed first flight of the Space Launch System and the first flight of Orion beyond Earth orbit.
No recorded place · 2022-11-16 – 2022-12-11
Lunar mission
Operated byNASA · United States
ProgrammeArtemis
ClassOrbiter · robotic
Outcomesuccess
Launched2022-11-16
Arrived2022-11-21
PositionThis mission did not reach the surface. It has no position because it never had one.
Connections
- launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B — Artemis vehicles fly from Launch Complex 39B, rebuilt as a clean pad; 39A is leased to SpaceX and is not part of the Artemis ground system.
- first flight of Space Launch System (SLS) — Artemis I was the maiden flight of the Space Launch System, uncrewed, in November 2022.
- qualified Orion (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle) — The flight proved Orion's translunar navigation and lunar-return re-entry, and exposed the heat shield char-loss problem that shaped the Artemis II entry profile.
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