ESA and Artemis III crew

From left to right: NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Andre Douglas; ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano; ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander; ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher; Head of ESA Washington Office Charlotte Blosch; ESA Head of External Relations Alexander Soucek; NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik and Frank Rubio.

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.