Artemis III crew training

The crew of Artemis III training on Orion systems at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas, United States, in June 2026 (from left to right: Frank Rubio, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Andre Douglas and backup crew member Bob Hines).

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 has now begun 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.