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

crew capsule, the Artemis III crew will remain close to Earth. They will test docking

NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission

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

Artemis III crew - what is their mission? Nasa has named the four astronauts for its Artemis

NASA announces astronauts for Artemis III spaceflight, scheduled for 2027

crew member for NASA’s last major spaceflight, Artemis II, which flew a loop around the Moon. He will serve as mission specialist on Artemis III

Nasa names next astronauts for Artemis Moon programme

crew for its next major Moon mission, Artemis III, though the astronauts will not walk

NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list

crews did during the late 1960s and early 1970s. For next year's Artemis III

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Artemis III mission. (From left to right) NASA commander Randy Bresnik, European Space Agency pilot Luca Parmitano, NASA mission specialist Frank Rubio, and NASA mission specialist Andre Douglas at a press conference announcing the crew

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

crew landers for an upcoming sequence of Artemis missions, including the planned 2028 return of humans to the moon on Artemis IV. Nasa will evaluate the SpaceX Starship Human Landing System (HLS) and Blue Origin

SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight

III mission, astronauts will practice docking their Orion capsule with Starship, Blue Moon or both. A moon landing by two astronauts — Artemis IV — could follow as soon as 2028 using either Starship or Blue Moon

SpaceX launches its biggest rocket yet in test flight from Texas

III mission, astronauts will practice docking their Orion capsule with Starship, Blue Moon or both. A moon landing by two astronauts – Artemis IV – could follow as soon as 2028 using either Starship or Blue Moon