LunaH-Map will launch on the Artemis I mission to study hydrogen abundance in the Moon's permanently shadowed regions.
The Artemis-1 launch using SLS slipped to late 2021 and may be further delayed by issues during the Green Run test campaign for the SLS core stage.
The proposal to use a different vehicle for the Artemis-1 mission was later dropped and Artemis-1 is now scheduled to launch on SLS.
After then-NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine suggested using a vehicle other than SLS for the uncrewed EM-1/Artemis-1 mission, Richard Shelby advocated that SLS should launch the Orion for that mission.
The first European Service Module is undergoing final integration with the Lockheed Martin–built Orion spacecraft for Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight slated for later 2021 to certify the spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket for human spaceflight.
The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout sail was scheduled to launch on the Artemis 1 mission in late 2021.
Jim Bridenstine planned to watch the Mars 2020 rover landing and the Artemis 1 launch following his departure from NASA.
If the hotfire test on 2021-01-16 goes as planned, the SLS core stage is scheduled to ship to Kennedy Space Center in February for integration with its solid rocket boosters, upper stage, and the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 mission.
NASA is aiming to deliver the rocket for a 2021 launch of Artemis 1.
NASA had planned to launch Artemis 1 in late 2021, but delays in the Green Run have largely eliminated schedule margin for that date.
Once the Green Run test is complete, NASA will ship the core stage to Kennedy Space Center to be integrated with the other SLS elements and the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 mission.
The schedule with a February shipment to Kennedy Space Center would still allow the Artemis 1 launch to take place in November 2021.
NASA’s goal is to ship the SLS core stage to Kennedy Space Center by 2021-01-14 to begin preparations for the Artemis 1 launch.
If the Green Run schedule holds, the SLS core stage would arrive at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in January for an Artemis-1 mission currently expected to launch in November 2021.
The first three SLS rockets are earmarked for the Artemis program, including the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission launching no earlier than late 2021, the crewed Artemis 2 test flight in early 2023, and the Artemis 3 lunar landing mission by the end of 2024.
The Artemis 1 mission is now scheduled for launch in November 2021 and Artemis 2 in August 2023.
Northrop Grumman is under contract to provide boosters for the Artemis 1, Artemis 2, and Artemis 3 missions through 2024.
Northrop Grumman shipped the ten booster segments needed for the Artemis 1 mission from a company storage facility in Utah to Kennedy Space Center for stacking and integration.
In late February an agency official suggested the Artemis I mission would take place in the second half of 2021.
The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 mission was flown from Ohio to Kennedy Space Center on 2020-03-25 aboard a Super Guppy aircraft after completing environmental testing.