Astronaut Candidate Individual Portrait, Andre Douglas - ASCAN Class of 2021. Photo Date: December 3, 2021. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2024e013682_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Andre Douglas poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013660 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Andre Douglas poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013661 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Andre Douglas poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas pours a scoopful of geologic samples into a sample bag during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas uses a scoop to dig into the ground to collect geologic samples during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas takes a closer look at the geologic samples he collected during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas takes a picture of the surrounding lunar-like landscape during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas uses a hammer and chisel to break off a small sample during a¬¬ nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas collects soil samples during the first in a series of four simulated moonwalks in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Norther Arizona on May 13, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas takes a picture of the lunar-like landscape during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas examines a geologic sample collected during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during an advanced technology run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. The monocular lens consists of a pico-projector and waveguide optical element to focus an image for crew to see their real world overlaid with digital information. These unique near-eye form factors may be used to improve the usability and minimally impact the complex biomechanics of working in a pressurized suit environment. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during a nighttime advanced technology run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. The monocular lens consists of a pico-projector and waveguide optical element to focus an image for crew to see their real world overlaid with digital information. These unique near-eye form factors may be used to improve the usability and minimally impact the complex biomechanics of working in a pressurized suit environment. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during an advanced technology run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. The monocular lens consists of a pico-projector and waveguide optical element to focus an image for crew to see their real world overlaid with digital information. These unique near-eye form factors may be used to improve the usability and minimally impact the complex biomechanics of working in a pressurized suit environment. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during a nighttime advanced technology run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. The monocular lens consists of a pico-projector and waveguide optical element to focus an image for crew to see their real world overlaid with digital information. These unique near-eye form factors may be used to improve the usability and minimally impact the complex biomechanics of working in a pressurized suit environment. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, left, and Kate Rubins review procedures during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, left, and Kate Rubins review traverse plans during a¬¬ nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins conducts a tool audit to ensure she has all of her tools while NASA astronaut Andre Douglas reviews procedures during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins, left, and Andre Douglas look at a map that shows their traverse route during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas congratulate each other after the completion of the first simulated moonwalk in a week-long field test consisting of four simulated moonwalks and six advanced technology runs in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas push a tool cart loaded with lunar tools through the San Francisco Volcanic Field north of Flagstaff, Arizona, as they practice moonwalking operations for Artemis III on May 13, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas pushes a tool cart across the lunar-like landscape while NASA astronaut Kate Rubins follows close behind during a¬¬ nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas views the lunar-like landscape at dusk while wearing the Joint AR (Joint Augmented Reality Visual Informatics System) display during an advanced technology run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. The suit display features include navigation, photo capture, graphical format of consumables, procedure viewing, mission control updates, and other augmented reality cues and graphics. The team successfully tested navigation displays using data from four different data streams: GPS (Global Positioning System)/IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), camera/IMU, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), and static maps. Technology like this may be used for future Artemis missions to augment mission control communication and help guide crew back to the lunar lander. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears the Joint AR (Joint Augmented Reality Visual Informatics System) display during a nighttime advanced technology run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. The suit display features include navigation, photo capture, graphical format of consumables, procedure viewing, mission control updates, and other augmented reality cues and graphics. The team successfully tested navigation displays using data from four different data streams: GPS (Global Positioning System)/IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), camera/IMU, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), and static maps. Technology like this may be used for future Artemis missions to augment mission control communication and help guide crew back to the lunar lander. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Engineers help NASA astronaut Andre Douglas adjust the Joint AR (Joint Augmented Reality Visual Informatics System) display he’s wearing during a nighttime advanced technology run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. The suit display features include navigation, photo capture, graphical format of consumables, procedure viewing, mission control updates, and other augmented reality cues and graphics. The team successfully tested navigation displays using data from four different data streams: GPS (Global Positioning System)/IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), camera/IMU, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), and static maps. Technology like this may be used for future Artemis missions to augment mission control communication and help guide crew back to the lunar lander. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas raises an American flag as NASA astronaut Kate Rubins looks on during their first simulated moonwalk in a week-long field test consisting of four simulated moonwalks and six advanced technology runs in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas review test objectives and traverse plans before their first simulated moonwalk in a week-long field test consisting of four simulated moonwalks and six advanced technology runs in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 2024 Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, Artemis III mission specialist, is introduced during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

jsc2024e031840 --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins (right) takes a photo of NASA astronaut Andre Douglas (left) as he raises an American flag during a simulated moonwalk in a rock yard at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Artemis III mission specialist Andre Douglas poses for an official portrait. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

Artemis III mission specialist Andre Douglas photographed during a video shoot. Credit: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

Artemis III mission specialist Andre Douglas poses for a portrait in the orange Orion Crew Survival System suit. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas

NASA astronaut and Artemis II backup crew member Andre Douglas is seen with Navy Divers of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) 1 as he and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham prepare to take part in Artemis recovery operations as part of Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas is seen as he prepares to take part in practicing Artemis recovery procedures during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas is carried to the medical bay of USS Somerset during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Artemis III mission specialist Andre Douglas poses for a photo during a video shoot. Credit: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

In front, from left, Andre Douglas, NASA’s Artemis II backup crew member; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, Artemis II backup crew member; NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist; NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander; and Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist pose, for a photo with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team during a visit to Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. For Artemis II, four astronauts will venture around the Moon, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence for science and exploration through Artemis.

In front, from left, Andre Douglas, NASA’s Artemis II backup crew member; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, Artemis II backup crew member; NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist; NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander; and Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist pose, for a photo with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team during a visit to Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. For Artemis II, four astronauts will venture around the Moon, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence for science and exploration through Artemis.

From left, Artemis II backup crew members, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, speak to Jeremy Graeber, assistant launch director, for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems during a visit at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. In the background is the Orion Environmental Test Article spacecraft which was flown around the Moon and back during Artemis I on Nov. 16, 2022. Orion will carry four astronauts around the Moon and back during the Artemis II mission.

NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, get in boats that will take them to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Deniz Burnham, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano are seen onboard the USS Somerset as they prepare to practice recovery procedures during Underway Recovery Test-12, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, get in boats that will take them to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, foreground, and NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, are seen in a Navy helicopter onboard USS Somerset during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, foreground, and NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, are seen in a Navy helicopter onboard USS Somerset during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, right, speaks to NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Deniz Burnham as they prepare to take part in practicing Artemis recovery procedures during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, get in boats that will take them to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, take boats to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Artemis III crew members NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Artemis III crew members NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

A young space enthusiast dressed as an astronaut watches as Artemis III crew members NASA astronauts Bob Hines, backup crew member; Randy Bresnik, commander; Andre Douglas, mission specialist; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, mission specialist, appear on stage following the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Artemis III crew members NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen on stage before their crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Artemis III crew members NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas is announced as an Artemis III mission specialist during an event at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on June 9, 2026. Credit: NASA/Morgan Gridley

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen; Andre Douglas, NASA’s Artemis II backup crew member; a member of Exploration Ground Systems (EGS); Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist; and CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons, Artemis II backup crew member, tour the Artemis III engine section inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Members and backup members of the Artemis II crew received updates on the mission and met with the EGS team. For Artemis II, four astronauts will venture around the Moon, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence for science and exploration through Artemis.

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas gives remarks during a media event where NASA and the Department of Defense discussed the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II astronauts and the agency’s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year’s mission around the Moon, Monday, March 31, 2025, onboard USS Somerset at Naval Base San Diego, in California. The teams spent the week practicing the procedures they will use to recover the astronauts after their more than 600,000 mile journey from Earth to the Moon and back on the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Deniz Burnham, and Stan Love, right, board boats to deliver them to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Grant Bruner, left, and Gary Kirkendall, right, Orion suit technicians, are seen with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, second from left, and NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, center, and Andre Douglas, as they prepare to take part in Artemis recovery operations as part of Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Victor Glover, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Dinez Burnham and Andre Douglas look on alongside NASA and Department of Defense teams as Capt. Andrew Koy, commanding officer of USS Somerset addresses them during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Saturday, March 29, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, and NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Deniz Burnham, and Stan Love, right, walk in the well of USS Somerset to catch boats to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Artemis II NASA astronaut Victor Glover, second from left, talks with NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, center, Stan Love, second from left, Artemis II backup crew member Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, during a familiarization walkthrough onboard USS Somerset during Underway Recovery Test 12, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Deniz Burnham, and Stan Love, right, board boats to deliver them to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham, center, talks with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano as they take part in practicing Artemis recovery operations with fellow NASA astronaut and Artemis II backup crew member Andre Douglas during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, and NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Stan Love,, and Deniz Burnham, right, walk in the well of USS Somerset to catch boats to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Grant Bruner, left, and Gary Kirkendall, right, Orion suit technicians, are seen with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, second from left, and NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, center, and Andre Douglas, as they prepare to participate in Artemis recovery operations as part of Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset, Thursday, March 27, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA employees view the live broadcast announcing the astronauts assigned to the agency's Artemis III mission, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA's Artemis III test flight will take, from left to right, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas to low Earth orbit where they will test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial human landing systems, demonstrating the systems required for future surface missions. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA employees view the live broadcast announcing the astronauts assigned to the agency's Artemis III mission, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA's Artemis III test flight will take NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano to low Earth orbit where they will test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial human landing systems, demonstrating the systems required for future surface missions. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

The live broadcast announcing the astronauts assigned to the agency's Artemis III mission is seen in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA's Artemis III test flight will take, from left to right, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas to low Earth orbit where they will test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial human landing systems, demonstrating the systems required for future surface missions. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, speaks with members of the prime and backup Artemis III crew, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis III crew consists of, from left to right, NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Bob Hines, backup crew member, and Andre Douglas, mission specialist. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

The Artemis III crew poses for an official portrait (from left: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio). Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

The Artemis III crew poses for a portrait (from left: Luca Parmitano, Andre Douglas, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio). Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas

The Artemis III crew poses for an official portrait (from left: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio). Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas talks with Taylor Hose, left, Christian Warriner of the Closeout Crew as they prepare for the arrival of Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, at the 275-foot level of the mobile launcher as they prepare to board their Orion spacecraft atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket during the Artemis II countdown demonstration test, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For this operation, the Artemis II crew and launch teams are simulating the launch day timeline including suit-up, walkout, and spacecraft ingress and egress. Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will send astronauts to explore the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build the foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars, for the benefit of all. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff meet with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, NASA astronaut candidate Andre Douglas, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA STEM interns, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at the Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Vice President was to watch the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I flight test, however the launch attempt was halted at approximately 8:30 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, and NASA astronauts Stan Love, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas are seen as they prepare to take part in practicing Artemis recovery operations during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, and NASA astronauts Stan Love, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas are seen as they prepare to take part in practicing Artemis recovery operations during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Deniz Burnham, and Stan Love, are seen during a media event where NASA and the Department of Defense discussed the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II astronauts and the agency’s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year’s mission around the Moon, Monday, March 31, 2025, onboard USS Somerset at Naval Base San Diego, in California. The teams spent the week practicing the procedures they will use to recover the astronauts after their more than 600,000 mile journey from Earth to the Moon and back on the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, left, Andre Douglas, Stan Love, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano pose for a picture inside the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale replica of the Orion spacecraft, as they prepare to participate in Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff meet with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, NASA astronaut candidate Andre Douglas, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at the Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Vice President was to watch the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I flight test, however the launch attempt was halted at approximately 8:30 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, and NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, Andre Douglas, and Stan Love are seen outside the operational clear zone as they prepare to take part in practicing Artemis recovery operations during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Stan Love is seen as he and fellow NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Deniz Burnham and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano prepare to be taken to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) to take part in practicing Artemis recovery operations during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff meet with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, NASA astronaut candidate Andre Douglas, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA STEM interns, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at the Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Vice President was to watch the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I flight test, however the launch attempt was halted at approximately 8:30 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas gives a thumbs up as he and fellow NASA astronauts Stan Love and Deniz Burnham and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano prepare to be taken to the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) to take part in practicing Artemis recovery operations during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff meet with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, NASA astronaut candidate Andre Douglas, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA STEM interns, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at the Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Vice President was to watch the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I flight test, however the launch attempt was halted at approximately 8:30 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff meet with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, NASA astronaut candidate Andre Douglas, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at the Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Vice President was to watch the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I flight test, however the launch attempt was halted at approximately 8:30 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, and NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, Andre Douglas, and Stan Love are seen outside the operational clear zone as they prepare to take part in practicing Artemis recovery operations during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send the Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Kate look ahead at their traverse during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas look ahead at their traverse during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Kate Rubins review procedures during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas walk through the lunar-like landscape during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas uses a rake to pour “lunar” samples into a sample bag during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut and Artemis II backup crew member Andre Douglas uses a rock hammer and chisel to break a sample off a large boulder during a geology field training exercise in Iceland.

A curious cow watches as NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Kate Rubins perform a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas examines a geology sample he collected during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

The Artemis III crew photographed during a video shoot (from left: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio). Credit: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

The Artemis III crew poses for an official portrait (from left: Luca Parmitano, Andre Douglas, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio). Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas

The Artemis III crew photographed during a video shoot (from left: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio). Credit: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins places a sample marker in the soil before collecting a sample during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. A sample marker provides a photographic reference point for science samples collected on the lunar surface. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Liliana Villarreal, NASA’s Artemis II landing and recovery director, Exploration Ground Systems Program, left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Deniz Burnham, and Stan Love, are seen during a media event where NASA and the Department of Defense discussed the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II astronauts and the agency’s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year’s mission around the Moon, Monday, March 31, 2025, onboard USS Somerset at Naval Base San Diego, in California. The teams spent the week practicing the procedures they will use to recover the astronauts after their more than 600,000 mile journey from Earth to the Moon and back on the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Deniz Burnham, and Stan Love, and Liliana Villarreal, NASA’s Artemis II landing and recovery director, Exploration Ground Systems Program, right, are seen during a media event where NASA and the Department of Defense discussed the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II astronauts and the agency’s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year’s mission around the Moon, Monday, March 31, 2025, onboard USS Somerset at Naval Base San Diego, in California. The teams spent the week practicing the procedures they will use to recover the astronauts after their more than 600,000 mile journey from Earth to the Moon and back on the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)