Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), [9] was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that was launched in November 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA 's Artemis program, Artemis I marked the agency's return to lunar exploration after the conclusion of the Apollo program five decades earlier.

Nov 16, 2022 · Artemis I was the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Deep Space Exploration Systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the upgraded Exploration Ground Systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Mar 12, 2025 · Artemis I Mission Timeline Artemis I was the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Deep Space Exploration Systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the upgraded Exploration Ground Systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Dec 11, 2022 · Artemis II Four astronauts will fly around the Moon to test NASA's foundational human deep space exploration capabilities, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, for the first time with crew.

Artemis I will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a long-term human presence at the Moon for decades to come. The primary goals for Artemis I are to …

Nov 16, 2022 · NASA’s uncrewed Artemis I mission successfully completed a journey that propelled the Orion spacecraft around the moon and back to Earth. Explore NASA’s new rocket and trace the trajectory of...

Nov 16, 2022 · NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s …

Sep 12, 2023 · The Artemis era of human space exploration beyond low Earth orbit launched at 1:47 a.m. EST on November 16, 2022. Artemis I was the first integrated flight of the agency’s new super heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), and the next-generation spacecraft for astronauts, Orion.

Oct 13, 2023 · The journey of half a million miles – the first flight of the Artemis Generation – is about to begin. The uncrewed Artemis I mission will jump-start humanity’s return to the Moon with the thunderous liftoff of NASA’s powerful new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.

Dec 16, 2022 · Almost 50 years later, NASA is ready to return humans to the lunar surface -- and it begins with the Artemis I mission. Here are the big numbers that make the mission a monumental feat.