NASA now targets early 2028 for the first Artemis Moon landing, on Artemis IV. Artemis II flew four astronauts around the Moon in April 2026, and Artemis III, planned for 2027, stays in Earth orbit and will not land.
That changes the question the landing-year market asks. No sportsbook price for the landing year is on this page, and none is quoted. The dates below are NASA’s own, read from nasa.gov on September 30, 2026, and this page is refreshed when NASA moves them. For other novelty and awards markets, see the entertainment section of our blog.
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The Artemis timeline, as NASA states it
Five missions are on NASA’s Artemis program page, two of them flown.
| Mission | What it is | NASA’s date |
|---|---|---|
| Artemis I | Uncrewed test flight of the rocket and Orion | Flown, launched November 16, 2022 |
| Artemis II | Crewed lunar flyby | Flown, April 1 to April 10, 2026 |
| Artemis III | Crewed demonstration in low Earth orbit | 2027 |
| Artemis IV | Crewed surface landing near the lunar South Pole | Early 2028 |
| Artemis V | Lunar surface mission | By late 2028 |
The Artemis III page lists the launch as 2027, and the Artemis IV page says early 2028. For Artemis V, NASA’s architecture update of March 2026 says “by late 2028”, while its Artemis program page, last updated September 15, 2026, says only 2028. After that, NASA plans about one lunar mission a year.
Artemis II: flown in April 2026
The Space Launch System rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center at 6:35 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Orion, which the crew named Integrity, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego at 8:07 p.m. EDT on April 10. NASA lists the mission at 9 days, 1 hour and 32 minutes.
- Commander: Reid Wiseman, NASA
- Pilot: Victor Glover, NASA
- Mission specialist: Christina Koch, NASA
- Mission specialist: Jeremy Hansen, Canadian Space Agency
It was a flyby. NASA says the crew traveled 252,756 miles from Earth, a record for the greatest distance humans have traveled in space.
Artemis III: a 2027 test in Earth orbit
NASA added this mission in February 2026. Artemis III will launch four astronauts on Orion and practice rendezvous and docking with the commercial landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin, one or both, in low Earth orbit. NASA’s crew page says it plainly: Artemis III will not land on the Moon.
The crew NASA has named is Randy Bresnik (commander), Luca Parmitano (pilot), and Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio (mission specialists). NASA’s March 2026 update put the flight in mid-2027; the mission page now gives 2027 with no month.
Artemis IV: the landing NASA is aiming for
Artemis IV is the mission meant to put people back on the surface. Four astronauts will fly to lunar orbit, and two will descend in a commercial lander and spend about a week near the Moon’s South Pole before rejoining the crew for the trip home. NASA says early 2028 has been its target for the first Artemis landing since mid-2025.
Which lander carries them is not decided. NASA’s March 2026 update says lander readiness will determine the provider.
What the old prices said
In late 2024 this page listed the landing year with 2026 as the favorite at -150 and picked 2027 at +400. Neither year now has a landing on NASA’s schedule: 2026 had the Artemis II flyby, and the 2027 mission stays in Earth orbit.
We make no pick on the landing year. Our method is built for single games, and a launch date depends on hardware tests we cannot measure. If a book lists the market, compare prices with our sportsbook reviews and check NASA’s mission pages first: a slip of a few months can move the landing across a calendar year.