What Happened
Three Rockets, Four Crew Members Test Lunar Lander Operations
NASA has revamped its Artemis III mission, now planning a crewed demonstration in low Earth orbit for 2027. The mission will involve three rockets - NASA’s Space Launch System, SpaceX’s Starship, and Blue Origin’s New Glenn - and four astronauts will perform two docking maneuvers with commercial lunar landers. The goal is to test future lunar-lander operations and new Artemis capabilities. According to the plan, New Glenn will launch first, carrying Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander, followed by the launch of Orion with its four-person crew from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This development was first reported by Unknown Source.