NASA Outlines Preliminary Artemis III Mission Plans

- Artemis III is a crewed Earth‑orbit test to demonstrate rendezvous and docking between NASA’s Orion spacecraft and commercial lander test articles from Blue Origin and SpaceX. - SLS will launch four crew with a non‑propulsive “spacer” upper‑stage mass simulator; Orion’s European service module will circularize orbit. - The crew will extend time aboard Orion to evaluate life‑support and docking, may enter a lander test article, and will test an upgraded heat shield on reentry. - NASA is refining operations, astronaut timelines, communications approaches (not using the Deep Space Network), CubeSat opportunities, and spacer fabrication at Marshall.

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