# NASA announces Artemis III mission: testing Blue Origin and SpaceX landers in low Earth orbit

- Source: NASA
- Published: 2026-10-23T22:37:53.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/pn0r6x83l724h5005d7cy7lba
- Original: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasas-artemis-iii-mission-to-test-future-moon-lander-operations/

## Summary

NASA has announced the Artemis III mission plan, which in 2027 will launch an Orion spacecraft on SLS with four astronauts into low Earth orbit, where they will separately dock with test articles of Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 2 and SpaceX's Starship Version 3.