NASA’s Artemis IV event page describes a future mission and targets the first Artemis lunar landing for early 2028. The date is an agency target, not a record of a completed landing. Reporting on the mission should distinguish planned activities from operations that have already taken place. NASA mission schedule
The agency describes a mission architecture in which the crew launches aboard Orion and transfers to a commercial lunar lander for travel to the Moon’s surface. NASA says lander readiness will determine which provider carries the crew to the surface and back. That qualification makes the schedule and provider selection conditional on development and readiness.
After the surface mission, the plan is for the astronauts to return to Orion in lunar orbit and travel home, ending with a Pacific Ocean splashdown. These are the steps described by NASA for the planned mission; the event page does not provide completed-mission results such as sample totals or a measured surface stay.
NASA’s broader Artemis page offers programme context. Future dates, hardware choices and mission milestones should be checked against the agency’s latest updates because a published target can change. A mission plan cannot establish a previously reported crew list or scientific outcome. Artemis programme
Archive note: the earlier account of a completed 2026 mission was not supported by these sources.