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
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- Artemis III Orion
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- planned
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- 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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- July 14, 2026 at 19:22:38 UTC
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- July 14, 2026 at 19:22:38 UTC
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- Artemis III Orion Orion for Artemis III Artemis 3 Orion Orion MPCV Artemis III