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Artemis III is the second crew mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis III will send a crew of 4 on a Low Earth Orbit mission, with the Orion rendezvous and dock with one or both commercial lunar landers in development by SpaceX and Blue Origin, performing in-space tests of the docked vehicles, integrated checkout of life support, communications, and propulsion systems, as well as tests of the new Extravehicular Activity (xEVA) suits.
Limiting rule: No flight within 5 nmi of cloud associated with disturbed weather (moderate+ precip, freezing level penetration).
NWS forecast at 2026-07-14T14:00:00-04:00: 23% PoP · thunderstorms in short forecast · HRRR GFS F+180: CAPE 975 J/kg · K-idx 35 · freezing 15,194 ft