NASA has selected Commander Randy Bresnik, a retired Marine colonel from Santa Monica, California, to lead the Artemis III crew for a 2027 mission testing docking with commercial lunar landers. - Bresnik is a three-time spaceflier with experience on the International Space Station.
- The crew includes Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio. - Artemis III will involve three rocket launches and docking with SpaceX and Blue Origin landers.
- The mission is a critical step before planned moon landings as early as 2028.