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Nasa reveals Artemis III astronauts in next step towards moon landing

NASA has announced the crew for its Artemis III mission, a significant step in its lunar landing program. This announcement follows the recent Artemis II mission, which set a new distance record around the moon.

Associated PressSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-09 · 17:16 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
Nasa reveals Artemis III astronauts in next step towards moon landing
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NASA has announced the crew for its Artemis III mission, a significant step in its lunar landing program. This announcement follows the recent Artemis II mission, which set a new distance record around the moon. The Artemis III crew, consisting of NASA's Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas, along with the European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano, will not travel to the moon or land on its surface. Instead, their mission will involve orbiting Earth. During this orbit, they will practice docking their Orion capsule with two lunar landers, preparing for future lunar surface missions.

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The Artemis III crew will orbit Earth and practice docking their Orion capsule with two lunar landers.

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The Artemis II mission recently completed a record-breaking trip around the moon, surpassing Apollo 13's distance record.

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The Artemis III mission is the next step in Nasa's plan to land astronauts on the moon.

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Nasa revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission.

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Nasa on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in the space agency’s plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon.The announcement came two months after Artemis II’s record-breaking trip around the moon, which surpassed the distance record of Apollo 13.Nasa’s Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, Andre Douglas and the European Space Agency’s Luca Parmitano won’t fly to the moon or land on the surface. Instead, they will orbit Earth while practising docking their Orion capsule with two lunar landers.
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