NASA's American space agency present announced that 3 Americans and 1 Italy would be included in the crew of Artemis III, who would test the docking of the Orion capsule with a lunar landing vessel.
As reported by NASA during the press conference, the crew of Artemis III will be commander Randy Bresnik of NASA, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (ESA) as pilot and astronauts of NASA Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio as mission specialists. For Douglas, it will be the first space flight in his career. The reserve flight astronaut was Bob Hines, besides from NASA.
– You carry within you the heat of exploration from past generations, the trust of this agency and the support of this nation, as well as the dreams of millions of people who will cheer for you, knowing that what others think is impossible is what we at NASA do best," said NASA's head Jared Isaacman at a Kennedy Space Center event in Florida.
As part of Artemis III, astronauts will be elevated with a SLS rocket and Orion capsule to a low Earth orbit, where they will test Orion's docking to a lander or lunar lander to be created by SpaceX and/or Blue Origin.
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