NASA Moon Base
A base near the south pole, started with robotic landers.
Griffin at Nobile Crater and Endurance at Shackleton Connecting Ridge land near the pole; Trinity lands at Reiner Gamma. Crew comes later. Orbiters stay in the sky.
A3Artemis III Q3 2027 target Four crew in Orion. 14 day dock with MK2 and Starship V3.
C2CAPSTONE 02 NET 2027 Two spacecraft. Around the Moon. They fly next to each other.
B2Blue Ghost M2 NET 2027 Listen · Lands on the far side.
IIIIM-3 Trinity Early 2027 Learn · CADRE + MAPP, Vertex deck
IBlue Moon MK1 Endurance Early 2027 Deliver · precision landing, two NASA payloads
IIGriffin-1 NET November 2026 Set up · Griffin, FLIP rover, ranging
IVArtemis IV Early 2028 target Two crew land at the south pole for two moonwalks of about 2 hours each. NASA picks the crew lander by readiness and has yet to assign the landing site.
MFMoonFall 2028 Four JPL propulsive hop drones. Elytra deploys them mid-descent. Lunar Dashcam.
VArtemis V NET late 2028 Second crewed landing. Surface work begins. NASA picks the crew lander by readiness and has yet to assign the landing site.
VRVIPER · CS-7 NET late 2027 Scout · second MK1, polar ice rover. NASA has yet to assign the landing site.