Artemis III Update and Crew Announcement Viewing at HQ

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)