NASA on Tuesday named the four astronauts who will participate in Artemis III mission, they are expected to launch into Earth orbit next year to test rendezvous and docking procedures with moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin. CBS News space contributor Christian Davenport has more.
NASA on Tuesday announced the four Artemis III astronauts: commander Randy "Komrade" Bresnik, pilot Luca Parmitano, mission specialist Frank Rubio and mission specialist Andre Douglas. The four spoke with CBS News' Mark Strassmann about the assignment.
The drone that picked up the downed helicopter crew was a Corsair made by Texas-based Saronic Technologies.
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Two months after the rousing success of the Artemis II mission, NASA introduces four new astronauts. But a recent rocket explosion raises questions about timing.
NASA revealed on Tuesday the four astronauts who will make up the crew of the Artemis III lunar mission.
NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik and Frank Rubio take a photo together on June 9, 2026. The four were announced as the Artemis III crew.
NASA announced the four astronauts who will fly to space as soon as next year to test out moon landers built by SpaceX and Blue Origin — the next stage in the agency’s ambitious Artemis program to ultimately send humans back to the lunar surface.
A U. S. Navy Sea Drone rescued two Apache pilots near the Strait of Hormuz in a first-of-its-kind rescue.
NASA’s next mission in its effort to return humans to the moon will be led by an all-male crew. Three of them have extensive experience in space, while the other was a backup on Artemis II.
NASA's Artemis III mission is a key step in sending humans to the moon for the first time in more than a half-century.
The crew, who are all men, are scheduled to blast off in 2027 to test systems ahead of a planned Moon landing.
"Artemis III will be an extraordinary demonstration of what is possible.
Nasa revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission in Houston on Tuesday, the next step in the US space agency’s plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon. The announcement came two months after Artemis II’s record-breaking trip around the moon that surpassed the maximum distance achieved b...
US president says crew members are ‘safe and uninjured’ after attack near strait of Hormuz early on Tuesday Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has blamed Iran for downing a US army helicopter near the strait of Hormuz, warning that the US would be forced to respond to the attack. The...
Nasa names its next Artemis crew, though they will not be walking on the Moon or even going anywhere near it.
Artemis III will help test crucial systems needed for the planned Artemis V Moon landing in 2028.
President Trump is vowing to respond after confirming that Iran shot down a U. S. Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will serve as the mission’s pilot. The post Astronaut who nearly drowned in space selected for Artemis III crew appeared first on Popular Science .
The two crew members were rescued by a sea drone in the first such operation ever carried out by the U. S. military, officials told CBS News.
The astronauts in the Artemis III mission will test equipment for moon missions in Earth's orbit.
Luca Parmitano to pilot all-male crew of four paving way for planned first human landing on Artemis IV in 2028 Jared Isaacman, the Nasa administrator, hailed the creation of “Earth’s first starfleet” on Tuesday as he revealed the Artemis III crew and details of the next stages of the space agency...
Two crew members of the Apache helicopter that crashed following the attack were rescued by an American sea drone.
NASA named the astronauts who will launch on its Artemis 3 mission next year to test docking procedures in Earth orbit ahead of a planned moon landing in 2028.