An artist’s concept released by Blue Origin of its large, crew-carrying Mark 2 moon lander. Neither Blue Origin nor SpaceX, contracted by NASA, have completed development of a lunar lander.
Luca Parmitano to pilot all-male crew of four paving way for planned first human landing of 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’s project to return humans to the moon.
An Italian astronaut, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (ESA), will be the pilot of the planned two-week mission to lower Earth orbit next year that will test lunar landers from private companies Blue Origin and SpaceX.