Press Event

Artemis III Crew Announcement

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 · 15:00 UTC

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NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight. Artemis III will launch four astronauts from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard the Orion spacecraft on the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The mission will test critical rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial human landing systems needed to deliver astronauts to the lunar surface. Building on the successful Artemis II crewed test flight in April, Artemis III will pave the way for future surface missions.

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Press Event

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Location

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

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Scheduled

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European Space Agency

Multinational

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Government

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Artemis

The Artemis program is a US government-funded crewed spaceflight program that has the goal of landing "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region.

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