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Artemis I

Also known as Artemis1, Orion

National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Launched

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Completed · Success

The uncrewed first flight of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, sent around the Moon and back to test the systems for a later crewed launch.

Destinations
Launch vehicle
SLS Block 1 Crew
Launch site
Cape Canaveral, United States
Countries
United States
Mission types
Flyby, Technology demonstrator

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Artemis I launched on a Block 1 Space Launch System

  2. Flyby

    Orion made its closest outbound lunar approach

    NASA’s contemporaneous flight report places closest approach at 6:57 a.m. CST on November 21. This resolves the inconsistent October date in the earlier master-catalog account.

    Moon

  3. Deployment

    Orion crew and service modules separated before entry

    Earth

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Artemis I · Spacecraft

    Destinations: Moon

    • European Service Module · Other

  • Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage · Other

Trajectory record

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.

J2000 · Sun-centered display · positions interpolated between source states

Coverage: November 16, 2022 to December 11, 2022

Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.

  • Artemis I: Reconstructed · November 16, 2022 to December 11, 2022

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through September 14, 2026