NASA Announces Crew For Next Phase Of Its Moon Mission (opens in new tab)

On Tuesday, NASA announced the four men set to embark on a low-Earth orbit test flight in the next step toward America’s goal to once again set foot on the moon. NASA selected Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio, Luca Parmitano, and Randy Bresnik for Artemis III. The four men will train for a year and a half, a shorter time than the Artemis II crew’s training, which was three years. Bresnik was designated as the commander, and Douglass and Rubio are the mission specialists. Parmitano — an Italian from...