NASA-led lunar landing mission, third crewed Artemis voyage
NASA has selected Lunar Outpost and AstroLab to build lunar terrain vehicles for a moon base program and announced private partners will lead the first uncrewed lunar landers and cargo missions this year, with iterative demonstrations planned toward a permanent lunar outpost.
NASA has named Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas as the Artemis III crew for a mid-2027 test flight. The four-astronaut mission will remain in low-Earth orbit to practice docking with prototype lunar landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX. NASA has said the flight will reduce risk ahead of a planned Artemis IV lunar landing in 2028.