NASA’s next batch of astronauts tasked with taking humanity back to the moon was unveiled to the world on June 9.
NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas, as well as European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, will embark on what is being called one of the most complex missions ever attempted.
“We are certainly humbled as a crew to be able to be your crew that executes this Artemis III mission in space,” Bresnik, the mission’s commander, said at Johnson Space Center in Houston, “being that unifying link between the phenomenal Artemis II mission, we just had two months ago, and the Artemis IV mission that will follow ours, where we will again be the first to land humans on another celestial body, that celestial body being our neighbor in the sky at night, the moon.”…