NASA Announces Artemis III Crew for Upcoming Moon Mission Testing
NASA has announced the crew for its Artemis III mission, which is set to test the flight and docking capabilities of a new lunar lander. The mission, scheduled for 2027, will include NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Andre Douglas, and Frank Rubio, along with Italian Space Agency's Luca Parmitano. This mission follows the Artemis II mission, which recently sent astronauts around the moon for the first time since the 1970s. The Artemis III mission will remain in low Earth orbit to test the docking of NASA's Orion spacecraft with a lunar lander developed by Blue Origin. However, Blue Origin recently faced a setback when a rocket explosion damaged its launchpad.