NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for a future moon landing | Flipboard

Flipboard · 🇮🇳 public India · Jun 09, 2026 · 251 words · By Associated Press

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NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for a future moon landing NEW YORK (AP) — NASA on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in the space agency’s plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon.

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The announcement came two months after Artemis II’s record-breaking trip around the moon that surpassed the distance record of Apollo … Related storyboards

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Artemis II’s record-breaking trip around the moon that surpassed the distance record of Apollo.

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Claim 1: “Artemis II’s record-breaking trip around the moon that surpassed the distance record of Apollo”

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Multiple independent web sources from April 6, 2026, explicitly state that the Artemis II mission surpassed the distance record previously set by Apollo 13. Wikipedia confirms Artemis II was a crewed flyby of the Moon in April 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II (April 1–11, 2026) was a crewed flyby of the Moon. It is currently the only crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. It was the first crewed flight of the NASA-led Arte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aimed at returning humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As part of the Artemis program by NASA, crews of four astronauts are planned to fly lunar missions beginning in 2026. The Artemis II flyby of the Moon included the first four astronauts to fly beyond …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Artemis_astronauts

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Claim 2: “The upper-stage of the Starship rocket landed intact in the Indian Ocean for the first time ever since flight tests began in 2023”

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Two independent web search results explicitly state that the upper-stage of the Starship rocket landed intact in the Indian Ocean for the first time since 2023. This is further supported by Wikipedia's 'List of Starship launches' mentioning the profile of Flight 13.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starship flight test 13 was the thirteenth flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch system, using Booster 20 and Ship 40. During the initial launch attempt on July 16, 2026, the vehicle's flight soft…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_flight_test_13

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of July 24, 2026, the SpaceX Starship has been launched 13 times, with 8 successes and 5 failures. SpaceX has developed Starship with the intention of lowering launch costs using economies of scale…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starship flight test 11 was the eleventh flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle, using Booster 15 and Ship 38. It was the last flight of a Block 2 Starship vehicle, and flew a similar profile…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_flight_test_11

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Claim 3: “NASA on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission”

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The claim is confirmed by multiple independent sources: a cross-reference from Phys, a web search result from June 9, 2026, and an official NASA page from June 17, 2026, which lists the specific crew members (Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Andre Douglas, and Frank Rubio).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is an upcoming crewed spaceflight mission of the NASA-led Artemis program. Planned for 2027, the mission is designed as a demonstration flight in low Earth orbit rather than a lunar landin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III

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