NASA taps quartet for Artemis III to test lunar-lander rendezvous and descent
TL;DR
NASA has named four astronauts—Randy Bresnik (commander), Luca Parmitano (pilot), Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio (mission specialists)—to fly Artemis III, a two-week mission to test two commercial lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin and to practice rendezvous, docking and crew transfer with the Orion capsule ahead of a future lunar descent and the program’s broader moon-landing goals.
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- NASA Marches Toward Artemis III Mission in 2027, Names Crew Members NASA (.gov)
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