Live Updates: NASA Announces Its Artemis III Astronauts (opens in new tab)

NASA named four astronauts who will be part of Artemis III, the next mission in the agency’s program to return humans to the surface of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio are the mission specialists; Luca Parmitano of the Italian Space Agency, the pilot; and Randy Bresnik, the commander. Just weeks after the fiery explosion of New Glenn, a rocket built by the Jeff Bezos-owned space company Blue Origin, officials said on Tuesday that the Blue Origi...