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[02] Phase Calendar · Month
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[03] Upcoming Eclipses
NASA Eclipse Office
2026 - 2030
AUG 122026UTC
Total Solar Eclipse
Iceland · Spain · Western Sahara · totality 2m 18s
FEB 172026UTC
Annular Solar Eclipse
Antarctica · "ring of fire" visible only from south
AUG 022027UTC
Total Solar Eclipse
Spain · North Africa · Saudi Arabia · longest of century at 6m 23s
DEC 312028UTC
Total Lunar Eclipse
New Year's Eve "blood moon" · visible from Americas, Europe, Africa
JUL 222028UTC
Total Solar Eclipse
Australia · New Zealand · totality up to 5m 10s in Sydney
[04] Artemis Program · Return to the Moon
NASA · ESA · JAXA · CSA
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2022
NOV 16
NOV 16
Artemis I — Uncrewed Test Flight
SLS rocket sent the Orion capsule on a 25-day uncrewed lunar mission. Splashed down Dec 11, 2022.
2026
APR
APR
Artemis II — Crewed Lunar Flyby
First humans to fly past the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen — 10-day mission, no landing.
2027
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Artemis III — Lunar South Pole Landing
First crewed Moon landing in over 50 years. Will use SpaceX Starship HLS to land near the lunar South Pole, where water ice has been confirmed in permanently shadowed craters.
2028+
Lunar Gateway · Artemis IV
Construction of the Gateway space station in lunar orbit begins. International partnership with ESA, JAXA, CSA, UAE. Will serve as staging point for sustained lunar surface presence.
2030s
Lunar Base Camp
Long-duration surface habitats, pressurized rovers, in-situ resource utilization (turning lunar ice into rocket fuel). Foundation for eventual crewed Mars missions.