Artemis IV first crewed lunar south pole landing (planned)
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.
Planned — a programme target or declared plan, from a source that declared it. Never a prediction.
Subjects
- Artemis IV · mission · not located
- Lunar South Pole Region · region · Moon · not located
- Orion (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle) · spacecraft · not located
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NASA Artemis restructuring and preliminary Artemis III mission plans
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.
NASA · 2026-02-27 · Verified
NASA press conference, 27 February 2026, and NASA release 'NASA Outlines Preliminary Artemis III Mission Plans'
Recorded on Artemis IV
- LCROSS Centaur impacts the permanently shadowed floor of Cabeus crater
- Artemis I launches uncrewed from Launch Complex 39B
- Artemis I splashes down after 25 days
- NASA narrows candidate south polar landing regions to nine
- NASA concludes the Orion heat shield investigation
- NASA restructures Artemis: Artemis III re-scoped, landing moves to Artemis IV
- Artemis II launches — first crew beyond low Earth orbit since 1972
- Artemis II splashes down off San Diego
- Artemis III crewed low Earth orbit demonstration (planned)
- Artemis IV first crewed lunar south pole landing (planned)
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- Artemis II splashes down off San Diego · 2026-04-10 20:07 EDT
- Artemis II launches — first crew beyond low Earth orbit since 1972 · 2026-04-01 22:35 UTC
- NASA restructures Artemis: Artemis III re-scoped, landing moves to Artemis IV · 2026-02-27
- NASA concludes the Orion heat shield investigation · 2024-12-05
- NASA narrows candidate south polar landing regions to nine · 2024-10
- Artemis III crewed low Earth orbit demonstration (planned) · planned — NASA target 2027
- Artemis I splashes down after 25 days · 2022-12-11
- Artemis I launches uncrewed from Launch Complex 39B · 2022-11-16 11:47 UTC