Autumn Moon Missions Striving Toward Launch While 2023 Queue Grows
NASA Artemis 1 cryogenic hydrogen fueling / tanking systems undergoing refurbishment, Flight Termination batteries being swapped in VAB, November launch to lunar DRO probable; ispace likely to lead commercial Moon lander efforts with launch window open Nov 11-15; Astrobotic holding to Q4 timeframe pending Blue Origin BE-4 certification / integration with ULA Vulcan Centaur; Intuitive Machines aiming for Q1 2023 as is ISRO Chandrayaan-3, JAXA SLIM; Roscosmos Luna 25 may launch July 2023; IM-2 / Lunar Trailblazer rideshare NET 2023