Artemis III progress! 🚀 The rocket boosters have been stacked. Teams are inspecting the solar arrays and testing the spacecraft. The crew is continuing training for their upcoming mission to test lunar landers in low Earth orbit. All this and more has Artemis III on track for launch in 2027: go.nasa.gov/3W7jHeV
Interior view of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building showing multiple levels of steel platforms, walkways, and support structures surrounding the Space Launch System core stage and solid rocket booster segments. Bright work lights illuminate the large white booster sections and dense network of pipes, beams, and scaffolding as teams prepare hardware for upcoming Artemis III operations. Credit: NASA/Cory S. Huston

ALT Interior view of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building showing multiple levels of steel platforms, walkways, and support structures surrounding the Space Launch System core stage and solid rocket booster segments. Bright work lights illuminate the large white booster sections and dense network of pipes, beams, and scaffolding as teams prepare hardware for upcoming Artemis III operations. Credit: NASA/Cory S. Huston

Technicians extend and inspect one of the solar array wing panels that will attach the Orion service module for Artemis III inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. Credit: NASA/Amanda Stevenson

ALT Technicians extend and inspect one of the solar array wing panels that will attach the Orion service module for Artemis III inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. Credit: NASA/Amanda Stevenson

Four small white sample cups on a tray, each holding a different portion of prepared food. The foods vary in color and texture, including a green‑flecked mixture, a golden paste, a white grain-like sample, and a chunkier mixture with darker pieces. The Artemis III crew tasted various food items on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, at NASA’s Space Food Systems Laboratory, to determine what they’ll eat on their mission in low Earth orbit. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas

ALT Four small white sample cups on a tray, each holding a different portion of prepared food. The foods vary in color and texture, including a green‑flecked mixture, a golden paste, a white grain-like sample, and a chunkier mixture with darker pieces. The Artemis III crew tasted various food items on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, at NASA’s Space Food Systems Laboratory, to determine what they’ll eat on their mission in low Earth orbit. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas

The Artemis III astronauts pose for a group photo on the front porch before conducting hoist training with U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1 in San Diego, California, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. Credit: US Navy/2nd Class August Clawson

ALT The Artemis III astronauts pose for a group photo on the front porch before conducting hoist training with U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1 in San Diego, California, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. Credit: US Navy/2nd Class August Clawson

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Testing the landers in low Earth orbit first is the Apollo 9 playbook. In March 1969 that crew flew the lunar module in Earth orbit before anyone took one to the Moon. Fitting for a program named after Apollo's twin sister
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Boosters stacked and spacecraft testing underway is solid progress for Artemis III. Testing the landers close to home first is a smart way to build toward the Moon.
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Yup, VAB was closed up on all viewable sides this weekend.
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Hey NASA, are you pursuing the SDGs on the Moon?…
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Hershal Rao
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can’t wait to explain to my grandkids that we went back to the moon because the boosters looked cool
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Seeing the boosters already stacked makes the timeline feel much more real.
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The Oct 13 NASA update adds that all four RS-25 engines are now installed on the core stage. Next it joins the boosters, then the short stack rolls to Pad 39B for a tanking test in the coming months 🚀
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You might be able to spot Artemis III’s Orion and the SpaceX/Blue Origin lander test articles from your backyard the same way you track the ISS or other bright satellites— as points of light moving across the sky.
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Stacked boosters, tested solar arrays and a crew still in training make Artemis III feel wonderfully real. Steady progress like this is how the Moon gets closer.
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I asked Grok to explain what I'm looking at. Things are progressing on schedule. Nice! Go NASA! Go Artemis!
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Stacked boosters just hit different every time.
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May the force be with you. ( the force of many) 😁
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Hardware assembly is moving along, yet space missions often get delayed. Plenty of ground‑testing work still carries uncertainty.
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👍🏻🚀
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Testing the landers in low Earth orbit first is the Apollo 9 playbook. In March 1969 that crew flew the lunar module in Earth orbit before anyone took one to the Moon. Fitting for a program named after Apollo's twin sister
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this is moving way faster than people expected. 2027 on schedule or nah?
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Waste, SpaceX is better in every way.
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Solvent ◭@Solvent_ICOct 13
Apollo 9 energy. Nobody remembers the Earth-orbit lander test, but Apollo 11 doesn't happen without it.
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Space X could do all that in one day🤣🤣🤣💕🚀 well maybe 🤔
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The rehearsal details are worth a read: emergency exits, underwater escape and recovery drills. Launch day depends on a lot of people knowing what to do when a carefully planned sequence suddenly stops going to plan.
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Will we still be gettimg the Artemis Accleration event sometime this month?
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Just need to know when Launch Day is… I’m taking that day off work!
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Bring back the shuttle program instead of going back to the stone age of space exploration.
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the phoenix on the lift really puts the whole scale in perspective for me like these things are just sitting there waiting for their one big moment and that alone is kind of insane to think about
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It’s inspiring to see us make such progress toward accomplishing what was done more than 50 years ago.
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Landers - plural... I don't think SpaceX will have theirs ready
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Low earth orbit?
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Good luck, Artemis 3 🚨🚀
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hakan güner@hakanguneryOct 13
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Boosters stacked, arrays inspected, crew training for lander tests. Artemis III is starting to feel less like a plan and more like a countdown 🚀🌕
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Before lunar avionics fly, protons get a ground rehearsal. PSI Villigen's Proton Irradiation Facility recreates orbital spectra up to 230 MeV—ESA-backed SEU testing. Space electronics earn their stripes there first.
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cant wait 🙏
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Great Rockets
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