NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission
Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images NASA named the international crew of four that will fly on its next Artemis mission as early as next year. There, it will demonstrate the Orion spacecraft's rendezvous and docking capabilities with two commercially designed and built lunar landers. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik will command the mission.
- ▪Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images NASA named the international crew of four that will fly on its next Artemis mission as early as next year.
- ▪There, it will demonstrate the Orion spacecraft's rendezvous and docking capabilities with two commercially designed and built lunar landers.
- ▪NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik will command the mission.
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Space NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission June 9, 20263:26 PM ET By Brendan Byrne NASA introduced the four astronauts scheduled to fly on next year's Artemis III mission. (From left to right) NASA commander Randy Bresnik, European Space Agency pilot Luca Parmitano, NASA mission specialists Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas at a press conference announcing the crew at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images NASA named the international crew of four that will fly on its next Artemis mission as early as next year.
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