NASA’s next launch period for Artemis 1 opens 2022-04-08.
NASA is reviewing launch opportunities in March and April for the Artemis 1 mission.
Lockheed Martin has been working with Amazon and Cisco on a project called Callisto that will be flown on the Artemis 1 mission launching no earlier than March.
Lockheed Martin signed a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA in late 2018 to support testing and inclusion of Callisto on Artemis 1 and paid the costs associated with that work.
NASA has targeted no earlier than February 12, 2022, for the launch of Artemis 1.
The Artemis 1 mission is projected to launch in the spring of 2022, with a higher probability of launch by summer 2022.
NASA has confirmed that Artemis 1 will not launch 2021.
Artemis 2 could not launch earlier than 20 to 21 months after Artemis 1, which would place its earliest possible launch in late 2023 assuming a February 2022 Artemis 1 launch.
The completed Artemis 1 vehicle will undergo tests inside the Vehicle Assembly Building before being rolled out to Launch Complex 39B late 2021.
The next major milestone in preparations for the Artemis 1 launch is the installation of the Orion spacecraft on the SLS.
Amit Kshatriya stated it is too soon to set a formal target launch date for Artemis 1.
NASA has not set a formal launch date for Artemis 1.
NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana stated the Artemis 1 launch will likely occur early next year.
The SLS/Orion stack will return to the VAB for final preparations before the Artemis 1 launch.
NASA leaders have indicated that the Artemis 1 launch is likely to slip into 2022.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson set Artemis 1's timeframe as the end of 2021 or the first part of next year on 2021-09-21.
NASA selected 13 cubesats to fly as secondary payloads on the Artemis 1 mission, launching no earlier than November.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory has received the Lunar Flashlight propulsion system, but full integration and testing may not be completed in time for Artemis 1.
NASA released an image on 2021-08-11 showing the Orion stage adapter that hosts the Artemis 1 cubesats.
Tom Whitmeyer is deputy associate administrator for exploration systems development at NASA Headquarters and indicated the Artemis 1 mission could launch as soon as October if everything went well.