NASA taps US, Italian astronauts for Artemis mission with SpaceX, Blue Origin mooncraft

(Corrects an error in paragraph 7 to reflect three U.S. astronauts and a Canadian flew on Artemis II, not four U.S. astronauts) By Joey Roulette June 9 (Reuters) - NASA named three U.S. astronauts and an Italian astronaut on Tuesday to serve as the crew for its next Artemis mission,

NASA names 4 astronauts for next Artemis mission

NASA's Artemis III astronauts plan to carry out rendezvous and docking procedures with commercial moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
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NASA selects astronauts for Artemis III SpaceX Blue Origin test

NASA named three U.S. astronauts and an Italian astronaut today to serve as the crew for its next Artemis mission, a spacecraft docking demonstration in Earth’s orbit next year that will test moon landers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue ...

Artemis III crew to undergo complicated mission featuring Blue Origin and SpaceX rockets

NASA announced the four-person crew for Artemis III, which will test lunar landers for future missions to land on the moon. Former NASA astronaut Steve Robinson highlights the potential complications and dangers in NASA's next lunar mission.

NASA names Artemis III crew for key SpaceX, Blue Origin lander test

NASA reveals Artemis III crew for 2025 orbital docking tests of SpaceX Starship and Blue Origin Blue Moon—key milestone for lunar contracts.

NASA names Artemis III crew as Moon mission preparations ramp up on space coast

Meet the astronauts for NASA's Artemis III mission, a complex human spaceflight test. Targeted for 2027, it will test lunar docking operations.