{"id":"1793576368680-tech-segment","slug":"two-moon-landers-one-2027-test","title":"Two Moon landers, one 2027 test","summary":"NASA's Artemis III mission, planned for 2027, will send the Orion crew capsule to low Earth orbit to dock with test versions of landers from both SpaceX and Blue Origin; the first crewed lunar landing is targeted for 2028.","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T23:39:28.680Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: NASA's Artemis III mission, planned for 2027, will send the Orion crew capsule to low Earth orbit to dock with test versions of landers from both SpaceX and Blue Origin; the first crewed lunar landing is targeted for 2028.\nSource: [nasa.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasas-artemis-iii-mission-to-test-future-moon-lander-operations/) NAMES: Artemis III = NASA's 2027 low-Earth-or (https://x.com/Younos2025/status/2114986058622325016)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"NASA's Artemis III mission, planned for 2027, will send the Orion crew capsule to low Earth orbit to dock with test versions of landers from both SpaceX and Blue Origin; the first crewed lunar landing is targeted for 2028.","sourceName":"[nasa.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasas-artemis-iii-mission-to-test-future-moon-lander-operations/) NAMES: Artemis III = NASA's 2027 low-Earth-or","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/Younos2025/status/2114986058622325016","claim":"SpaceX and Blue Origin are racing to develop lunar landers capable of carrying astronauts to the Moon by 2028. NASA plans to use the Artemis III mission in 2027 to test docking between its Orion spacecraft and landers from both companies in low Earth orbit. SpaceX is developing h","author":"Ken Younos (@Younos2025)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/Younos2025/status/2114986058622325016","name":"[nasa.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasas-artemis-iii-mission-to-test-future-moon-lander-operations/) NAMES: Artemis III = NASA's 2027 low-Earth-or","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Ken Younos (@Younos2025)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793576368680-tech-segment-two-moon-landers-one-2027-test","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793576368680-tech-segment-two-moon-landers-one-2027-test","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793576368680-tech-segment-two-moon-landers-one-2027-test and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Chris","text":"Different corner of NASA — a group called Arctyra posted on X that spacewalks are coming to install the new solar arrays from that resupply mission."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The spacewalk timing is their claim, with no official word from NASA yet."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So treat that one as a rumor bouncing around."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Right. Plausible, since those arrays do need installing eventually."},{"host":"Chris","text":"\"Eventually\" is the least reassuring word in spaceflight."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Right up there with \"next month.\""}]}