Artemis II: Nasa’s crewed rocket lifts off to begin 10-day lunar journey – as it happened

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April 6: flyby

April 10: splashdown

After that, the exciting work will be in Starship making LEO and testing propellant transfer (a humanity first) [1] and Blue Origin testing its rocket and lander [2], both scheduled for 2026, to enable Artemis II, currently scheduled—optimistically, in my opinion—for next year.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches#Futu...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_Pathfinder_Mission_1

List of Starship launches - Wikipedia

I think you meant Artemis III in your comment. Good info though, didn't realize they were relying on those two other projects for the next one.