Illustration: the night side of North America seen from orbit, city lights under a thin blue atmosphere.

Mars is the finish line.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet of the Black Aces squadron, VFA-41, launches from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean on August 8, 2007. The squadron and the carrier are the ones in the 2004 encounter known as the Tic Tac; this photograph was taken three years later. U.S. Navy photograph.

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The Earth setting behind the Moon's far side, photographed by the Artemis II crew from Orion on April 6, 2026.

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Artemis II (crewed lunar flyby)Apr 2026

Artemis III (Orion + lander docking test)Mid 2027

Artemis IV (crew on the Moon)2028

Sustained lunar presence2029+

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

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H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)

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Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)

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Source: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs) · updated Oct 14 · every launch

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