Moon
Artemis IV
Artemis IV is NASA’s planned continuation of the lunar return campaign, with Gateway assembly and a lunar landing in the current architecture.
Planned; NASA currently targets an early-2028 launch window, but the precise day remains open as the program matures.
Official mission site ↗The mission
Artemis IV is NASA’s next planned crewed lunar mission after Artemis III. The current architecture pairs a four-person crew with Gateway assembly work in lunar orbit and a human landing system descent to the Moon, making it the program’s next major step in sustaining human lunar operations.
The launch
- Launch
- Early 2028
- Launch location
- Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Launch vehicle
- Space Launch System Block 1B
- Orbit
- Lunar Orbit
Mission timeline
NASA Artemis IV overview
Current overview
NASA’s mission page presents Artemis IV as an early-2028 crewed lunar mission.
Open milestone source ↗Objectives
- 01
Advance Gateway assembly and lunar-orbit operations.
- 02
Carry astronauts to the lunar vicinity and continue the crewed landing campaign.
- 03
Demonstrate the next phase of NASA’s sustained lunar exploration architecture.
Spacecraft
Artemis IV
Gallery
2 images from Artemis IV.
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