šŸŒŒ Artemis III: Back to the moon! - level 60 in autumn 2027

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Many years ago, in the good old year of 1969, man first took a step on our very own personally orbiting space rock. As part of the Apollo program, 12 people have stood on the surface of the moon, with the last one being in 1972.

Now here we are in 2025, with a new program planned to take humans back to the moon with the goal of establishing a long term presence there, along with achieving milestones such as the first woman and person of colour to step foot on its surface. This mission is a stepping stone to journey further, hopefully allowing for longer missions to Mars, and who knows what else beyond that.

Artemis I took place in 2022, sending the Orion spacecraft into orbit around the moon before coming back home. Artemis II is planned for 2026, a manned test flight of Orion, before finally in 2027, the Artemis III mission is planned to be the first human moon landing since 1972. This is planned for mid 2027 at the earliest, soooo letā€™s all try reach level 60 in 2027!


This post is a sequel to 900 days with Japanese Folklore (and inspired by Luminaries), following a series of challenges to reach level 60 together by a certain date. The deadline for that challenge is Summer 2026 so if you think you can make it by then, feel free to join that one instead! Or if youā€™d like a little more time, come join us here for Wanikaniā€™s own Artemis III mission :saluting_face:

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Letā€™s reach for the stars together :dizzy:

How to Join

Copy this line: |Username|Current Level|Original Level|Speed|Date Joined|Date Achieved|

Click on the orange pen icon on the top right of this post and click ā€œedit wikiā€.

Paste the line in your group, add your details and donā€™t forget to update your position in table as you level up.

:milky_way: Leaderboard (Levels) :milky_way:

Username Current Level Original Level Avg. Speed Date Joined Date Achieved
\color{gold}\text{Level 60}
:sparkles: One giant leap for durtlekind :sparkles:
Euruzilys 60 58 Full Speed 2025-11-04 :crescent_moon: 2025-11-10
\color{silver}\text{Levels 50 ā€“ 59}
:sparkles: One small step for durtle :sparkles:
\color{deepskyblue}\text{Levels 40 ā€“ 49}
:sparkles: Entered the moonā€™s exosphere :sparkles:
slightly_better_than 43 42 39 days 2025-10-21
rilakkumacafe 40 40 ~30 days 2025-11-05 :glowing_star:
\color{mediumblue}\text{Levels 30 ā€“ 39}
:sparkles: Orion is halfway there :sparkles:
soggyboy 39 37 ~20 days 2025-10-22
meepity 37 37 ~20 days 2025-11-14 :alien: :rocket: :star:
Marifly 33 33 ? 2025-10-21
Pep95 31 31 7-8 days 2025-10-22 :rocket:
\color{darkorchid}\text{Levels 20 ā€“ 29}
:sparkles: Left the Earthā€™s atmosphere :sparkles:
mitrac :turtle: :turtle: :ocean: 2025-10-21
SpiderWeb 29 29 8-150 days 2025-10-23
Gacee 27 27 ~19 days 2025-11-03
doubleMC 26 26 2-3 months 2025-11-10
TakeFlite 25 24 ~17 days 2025-10-23
Kap1ta 23 20 20 days(?) 2025-10-22
hemuli 22 22 14 days 2025-11-04 :bee: :dash:
nKaplan 22 22 ~11 Days 2025-11-04
WeepingWeeb 22 20 23 days 2025-10-21
KanjiOzeki 20 19 8+ days 2025-10-21
Neetah 20 20 ~14 days 2025-11-04
3point51tk 26 26 ~20 days 2025-11-15
\color{deeppink}\text{Levels 10 ā€“ 19}
:sparkles: Liftoff :sparkles:
magglett 19 18 14 days 2025-10-21
sanshoo 19 17 8/10 days 2025-10-21 :lizard:
TomatoHeta 18 18 19 2025-10-24
pandoravakarian 18 16 20? days 2025-10-21
Soufflefox 16 16 54 days 2023-07-18
dshaffer 16 14 12 days 2025-10-28
Sciros 15 15 20 days 2025-3-16
Pancakes25 15 12 12? days 2025-10-21 :octopus:
nickfrei 12 12 2025-10-23
westrheim 12 11 60 days 2025-10-24 :hedgehog:
kazzeee 11 11 7-14 days (?) 2025-11-12
rentalfish 10 08 15ish days 2025-10-23
Ostric 10 09 10 days 2025-11-05
\color{lightblue}\text{Levels 1 ā€“ 9}
:sparkles: Reach for the sky :sparkles:
Neon_Kitsune 09 07 idk,slow 2025-10-23
mpinder 09 08 ~10 days 2025-10-28
AwesomeS64 09 07 10 days 2025-10-23
Roags 09 06 8-11 days 2025-10-21
pallavid 07 07 10-14 days 2025-10-25
ghelgheli 07 07 8-9 days 2025-11-12
TacoTruckDriver 06 04 11 days 2025-10-21
rurakojayn 05 05 23 days 2025-10-21
Aleithian 05 03 8 days 2025-10-28
KanjiMoth11 04 04 ? 2025-10-21
vjbmulder 04 04 2 days 2025-10-28
Sujidu 04 03 20ish days 2025-10-21 :turtle:
liz 04 04 ? 2025-11-04
lavengro 04 03 9 days 2025-11-12
Armavica 02 01 ? 2025-10-20
AksU 01 01 Turtle 2025-10-21
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@Mods would you be able to make OP a wiki please?

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Thank you so much @WeepingWeeb :star: ! They call it ā€œthe prettiestā€, ā€œmost basedā€ ā€œ5% speed buffā€ level-up thread of all time! I will post here now I think instead of old thread, even if I am on a good pace at least I will have some leeway

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You flatter me too much :head_shaking_horizontally:

Best of luck on your mission space ranger :saluting_face: Iā€™ll see you on the moon

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Iā€™ll add myself soon^tm. Iā€™ve been meaning to do one of these but I missed the folklore one. My average speed is swingy because I keep taking big breaks. Iā€™m either on the level for a year because of burnout or life stuff or I finish in 8-10 days when Iā€™m consistent and fast.

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giphy

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Thank you!

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I started a level 60 thread way back in July 2020, thinking that I would get to level 60 by May 22, 2022 (Tokyo Skytree). Climbed too fast, burned out, fell down, left Wanikani for a few years.

Came back and joined a new level 60 thread in December 2023, thinking that I would get to level 60 by summer 2026 (900 days with Japanese folklore). Climbed too fast, didnā€™t burn out, but have a mountain of Apprentice items and a big ugly pile of leaches. Not planning to leave and restart, but also not planning to reach level 60 in the summer of 2026 any more.

So, time to slow down and enjoy the climb and not worry about how fast or how long or when will I get to the top. Level 60 will be there in 2026 or in 2027. The journey is the goal I guess.

I didnā€™t get this far to only come this far!

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Praying for the lift off to not crash and burn :crossed_fingers::crossed_fingers:

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Yesss enjoy the learning journey

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Same! I am going very fast right now, technically can reach level 60 in summer, but I am almost sure I will slow down to focus on other areas of study, as WK full speed takes me a lot of time. Also any life stuff thrown my way will delay me, soā€¦

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would it be possible for me to reach 60 by 2027 but not taking it fasterimage because thatā€™s encouragingimage

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I really really want them to make it to the moon.

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So do I stay in the old thread or post in this one :joy: I donā€™t want to be abandoned by everyone!

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can i edit level 1-9 text color to a lighter one (im on a dark mode) ā€¦just to make sure others can see me popping at the lowestimage

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Both! You may make it to the top next summer!

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Maybe :eyes: idk what your pace is but I feel like a post said the average is about 2 years and our deadline is just over that (idk if thatā€™s true but I feeeeel like someone said that)

Me tooo when I was reading the article and it said they would maybe consider non manned if itā€™s not working out I was like noooo you have to land

Whatever your heart desires :sparkling_heart:

Sure pop off :sparkles:

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Iā€™m returning after a large breakā€¦ and another reset back to level 1 :sweat_smile:

Looking forward to everyoneā€™s journey to level 60!

Slow and steady will win this race, hereā€™s to not burning out this time :smiley:

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Welcome back :waving_hand:

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I get that it might seem a bit wasteful to land on certain surfaces and its easier to send a robot, but the moon is different. Its THE waystation to the entire solar system and even the galaxy. The gravity is nice and low, the surface is fuel rich, and its perfect for solar energy.

However, mercury is the real gem planet.

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