Artemis III crew on Houston We Have a Podcast

Artemis III astronauts Luca Parmitano and Randy Bresnik on NASA's Houston We Have a Podcast, June 2026.

On 9 June, NASA announced the crew for the Artemis III mission, which will include NASA astronaut and commander Randy Bresnik, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano as pilot, and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas as lander specialists. NASA astronaut Bob Hines was also assigned as a backup crew member.

The crew now begins a rigorous training schedule to learn the Orion spacecraft systems, as well as the operations of the human landing systems, to prepare for an ambitious series of demonstrations ahead of a Moon landing mission.