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‘Earth’s first starfleet’: Nasa reveals Artemis III crew and project’s next steps

Artemis III crew and details of the next stages of the space agency’s project to return humans to the moon. An Italian astronaut, Luca Parmitano of the European [Space](https://www.theguardian.com/science/space) Agency

Nasa has named the Artemis III crew - what is their mission?

III crew will be aboard Orion for slightly longer than the nine days spent there by the Artemis II team. Their return journey will test an upgraded heat shield during the capsule's fiery

Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions

detailed public explanation of how and when the moon base will be built. He said the three missions planned for 2026 would be followed by “more than a dozen” more in the coming years