Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:02am on 10 Jun 2026,Wednesday Science
NASA has announced the crew for Artemis III, its next major Moon programme mission, though the flight will no longer attempt a lunar landing. Instead, Artemis III will operate in low Earth orbit and test docking procedures with prototype lunar landers. Veteran astronaut Randy Bresnik will command the mission, joined by pilot Luca Parmitano of Italy and mission specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio. The change follows delays in SpaceX’s Starship programme and concerns about the readiness of critical technologies such as orbital refuelling. Additional setbacks include damage to Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch infrastructure. NASA currently aims to launch Artemis III in 2027, with lunar landing missions planned afterward.
