Artemis III astronauts revealed for 'complex' NASA mission

NASA has revealed the astronauts selected for the next Artemis mission, following the space agency's historic lunar flyby. Artemis III will launch the crew in the Orion spacecraft on top of the Space Launch System rocket in 2027 in a "complex" mission, according to NASA. The crew includes three Americans and an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency: Commander Randy Bresnik, pilot Luca Parmitano of Italy, mission specialist Frank Rubio and mission specialist Andre Douglas, NASA officials announced.

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