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NASA announces astronauts for Artemis III spaceflight, scheduled for 2027

announces astronauts for Artemis III spaceflight, scheduled for 2027 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, has unveiled the crew

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

III test, the crew is working with [the Artemis II astronauts](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/11/nx-s1-5776712/after-a-whirlwind-mission-to-the-moon-astronauts-are-back-home-heres-whats-next) to prepare. "The most important Artemis mission will always be the next Artemis mission," Bresnik said. At the crew announcement

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announcing the crew at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3810x2143+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F91%2F70%2Fa91a05ae45a49060dbec13de9dc3%2Fgettyimages-2280120360.jpg) NASA introduced the four astronauts scheduled to fly on next year's Artemis III

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

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

astronauts around the moon](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/10/artemis-ii-landing-return-moon-mission) for the first time since 1972 had been both a catalyst and incentive to advance the moon base plan. “People are looking up again, believing in big things

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

SpaceX launches its biggest rocket yet in test flight from Texas

announced he’s taking the company public. It blasted off from the southern tip of Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites for release halfway around the world. It’s the 12th test flight

Nasa names next astronauts for Artemis Moon programme

III changed from being an historic, crewed Moon landing to a technology test in Earth orbit because of delays to Elon Musk's SpaceX's Starship rocket. This is the vehicle intended to take astronauts