Artemis III Orion
The Artemis III Orion is the physically assembled crew spacecraft for NASA's planned 2027 low-Earth-orbit rendezvous and docking test mission. Its upgraded crew module heat shield was installed in July 2026 and its European Service Module completed acoustic testing; the flight will test Orion docking and longer-duration crew operations with commercial lunar-lander pathfinders.
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- Orion for Artemis IIIArtemis 3 OrionOrion MPCV Artemis III
- Name
- Artemis III Orion
- Slug
- artemis-iii-orion
- Status
- planned
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- Description
- The Artemis III Orion is the physically assembled crew spacecraft for NASA's planned 2027 low-Earth-orbit rendezvous and docking test mission. Its upgraded crew module heat shield was installed in July 2026 and its European Service Module completed acoustic testing; the flight will test Orion docking and longer-duration crew operations with commercial lunar-lander pathfinders.
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- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:22:38 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:22:38 PM