when are the astronauts going to the moon

Astronauts are currently scheduled to go back around the Moon on April 1, 2026 with NASA’s Artemis II mission, which is planned as a roughly 10-day crewed lunar flyby, not a landing yet.

Quick Scoop

• Next moon trip: Artemis II.

• Launch target: No earlier than April 1, 2026.

• What it does: Carries four astronauts around the Moon and back to Earth.

• Moon landing: NASA’s next crewed landing goal is Artemis III , with public timelines pointing to mid-2027 to 2028 , though that schedule is still ambitious and can change.

What’s happening

Artemis II is the first crewed Moon mission in more than 50 years, and it’s meant to test the spacecraft and crew systems before NASA tries to land astronauts on the surface again.

If you mean “land on the Moon”

That would be later than Artemis II. NASA has said Artemis III is the mission intended for a human landing, but the exact date is still uncertain and depends on hardware readiness.