A lasting presence at the south pole. NASA’s I, II, and III are names, not the order they fly. Cargo first: Griffin (Moon Base II) NET late 2026, then Trinity (III) and Endurance (I) NET Q1 2027. Crew flies in parallel: Artemis III is a late-2027 LEO dock, not a landing. First planned boots are Artemis IV. Phase 2 (2029-2032) is scaffolding: about 27 launches, 24 landings, and roughly 60 tons. Later named cargo (CS-8, CX-2 LTV, Blue Ghost M3/M4) keeps sites TBA where NASA has not named a pad.
Each landing is two jobs. Earth: Build, then Fly. The site: Land, then Scout. The clock (NET) is the footing. Pads and days stay unnamed unless a source named them. Catalog permalinks are the record.
Cargo · first
NASA numbered three cargo and science landings Moon Base I, II, and III. Those names are not fly order. II Griffin is first on the clock. VIPER and Blue Ghost M2 ride the same Phase 1 window. Phase 1 cadence on the NASA plan: about 25 launches, 21 landings, and roughly 4 tons to the surface from now through about 2028 or 2029.
Moon Base IIGriffin-1 · Mons Mouton · Nobile area · FLIP rover · Voyager Lunar Systems (Astrobotic) · Falcon Heavy · NET late 2026Moon Base IIIIM-3 Trinity · Reiner Gamma · Lunar Vertex + CADRE (three suitcase rovers, not four) · Falcon 9 · NET Q1 2027Moon Base IBlue Moon MK1 Endurance · Shackleton Connecting Ridge · SCALPSS + LRA · New Glenn · ~3 t cargo · NET Q1 2027VIPER · CS-7Polar ice rover on a second Blue Moon MK1 · NET late 2027, contingent on Moon Base IBlue Ghost M2Far side · Elytra Dark + LuSEE · NET 2027 · not the south pole
Crew · later
Artemis III is a late-2027 low-Earth-orbit dock with HLS test articles, not a landing. First planned crewed south-polar landing is Artemis IV. NASA has not named which HLS flies IV or V. CAPSTONE 02 and MoonFall do not put a camp on the ground.
CAPSTONE 02Two 400 kg spacecraft around the Moon, NET 2027. Advanced Space for NASA. Terran Orbital (Lockheed Martin) builds both.Artemis IIIFour crew in Orion. LEO dock with MK2 and Starship V3. NET late 2027.Artemis IVFirst planned crewed south-polar landing. NET early 2028. HLS unnamed.MoonFallFour JPL hop drones on Firefly Elytra. South pole 2028. Lunar Dashcam.Artemis VSecond planned crewed landing. NET late 2028. HLS unnamed.
More · named
Named cargo with clocks. CX-2 is Moon Base Phase 1 Lunar Terrain Vehicle delivery on the cargo path. Blue Ghost M3 and M4 keep named sites on their own flight rows.
CS-8 · late 2028 science previews
Four deliveries. Sites TBA. June 2026 NASA award packaging.
Blue Ghost M5CS-8 · Firefly · near side, site TBA · NASA SCALPSS, LRA, LETS class · NET ~2028Peregrine M2CS-8 · Astrobotic · site TBA · NET ~2028IM-6CS-8 · Intuitive Machines Nova-C · site TBA · NET ~2028Peregrine M3CS-8 · Astrobotic · site TBA · NET ~2028-2029
CX-2 · Phase 1 crew mobility
NASA LTVS Phase 1. MK1-class delivery of CLV-1 and Pegasus.
CX-2 LTVBlue Moon MK1-class delivery · Astrolab CLV-1 (FLEX) and Lunar Outpost Pegasus · NASA LTVS Phase 1 · lunar south pole / Moon Base region · NET 2028
Later named CLPS
Named sites. Not the CS-8 batch.
Blue Ghost M3Gruithuisen Domes · CP-21 · NET ~2028 · not CS-8Blue Ghost M4South pole Haworth class · CS-6 · NET ~2029 · not CS-8
Already flown
These flights already happened. They are the path, not the camp.
Blue Ghost M1Mare Crisium · soft upright 2 Mar 2025 · ten NASA payloads through a lunar dayArtemis IUncrewed Orion lunar flyby · launched 16 Nov 2022 · splashdown 11 Dec 2022Artemis IICrewed lunar flyby · 1-10 Apr 2026 · no landing
Phase 2 · 2029-2032
About 27 launches and 24 landings put roughly 60 tons on the surface from 2029 through 2032. Some NASA sheets print the window through 2033. Crew visits about twice a year. Scaffolding is named in the NASA plan; many host landers and builders are not named yet. Phase 1 before it is about 25 launches, 21 landings, and 4 tons. Phase 3 after it is about 29 launches, 28 landings, and 150 tons (about 38 tons a year from the early 2030s).
Scaffolding namedSolar stations at 10 kW+ in sunlight and about 360 kWh through shadow. RTG class stations and a reactor surface power demo. Surface to orbit stations and a local mesh on the order of 10 km. Advanced MoonFall after the Phase 1 JPL four-pack. Seven rovers in the phase list, including LTV Gen 2. Early pressurized modules with minimal life support on external power, plus logistics in the 0.5 to 1.5 ton class. Phase 1 pathfinders already named: Northrop LID demos and Zeno’s night heater on Blue Ghost M5. Phase 2 solar, RTG, reactor, surface mesh, LTV Gen 2, excavator, and early habitat builders are not named yet.JAXA pressurized roverJAXA / Toyota Lunar Cruiser · about 15 tons of rover and 3 tons of cargo capacity, shirt sleeve for two. NASA assigned a SpaceX Starship cargo lander no earlier than fiscal 2032. Flight day not public.Launch buysNASA is evaluating bulk buys of launchers for Moon Base. Carlos García-Galán told Bloomberg on 6 October 2026 that the first set is expected in the near future. Evaluation only: no award, vehicle list, or dollar figure on the public record. Phase 2 cargo is roughly 60 tons across 24 landings.
Phase 3 · 2032-beyond
About 29 launches and 28 landings put roughly 150 tons on the surface (the NASA plan calls for up to about 38 tons of cargo a year). Habitats get real. Fission power goes operational. Initial surface habitat is a NASA reference concept. Primes are not a single public award.
Surface habitatNASA reference concept. No prime named on the public record.Max Space expandable habitatsCompany-published Max Moon line (Max 100 plus Max 350, 800 m³ class). Voyager strategic investment March 2026. Voyager is an investor, not the parent. No host lander or flight day.