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)
Photographer NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
Album 20260609_Artemis_III_Update_Astronaut_Announcement
Location NASA Headquarters
Date June 9, 2026