NASA is set to reveal the astronauts selected for the Artemis III mission, which aims to advance plans for future lunar landings and Mars exploration.

NASA announced the four astronauts who will fly to space as soon as next year to test out moon landers built by SpaceX and Blue Origin — the next stage in the agency’s ambitious Artemis program to ultimately send humans back to the lunar surface.

NASA has announced the new crew of astronauts that will take part in the Artemis III mission to test new moon landers. Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas are scheduled to launch into Earth orbit next year to test out at least one of the commercially developed lunar landers expected to carry NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon in 2028.

NASA announced the four astronauts that will join the next Artemis mission — a test flight vital to putting astronauts back on the surface of the moon.

The US space agency has announced the four astronauts who will crew the Artemis III mission next year, the next step towards a lunar landing.

NASA named the four astronauts it plans to send on the Artemis III mission Tuesday, the next major step in its return-to-the-moon program.

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

NASA announced the four main crew members and a backup for its Artemis III mission on Tuesday, providing new details for the complex human spaceflight test flight scheduled for 2027 in Earth orbit. The mission will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is essential for Artemis IV,