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While the Moon has been busy blocking the Sun, NASA has been hard at work planning their Artemis missions. Mark your calendars because NASA has released two major dates - September 2025 and September 2026. The former refers to NASA's targeted date for the landing of Artemis II, the first crewed mission on the Moon, and the latter refers to the landing of Artemis III, which will land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole. In addition, there is another major target date in 2028, which is when NASA hopes to send Artemis IV on a mission to the Gateway lunar space station. On the topic of the Gateway lunar space station, this is another major project by NASA. This space station will launch in parts, with the first two parts, the Power and Propulsion Element(PPE) and the Habitation and Logistics Outpost(HALO),
planned to be launched in 2025.