Today, NASA announced the four Artemis III astronauts and one backup crew member for the 2027 test flight. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik will serve as the commander, alongside mission specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio (also with NASA). European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano will serve as the mission’s pilot.

An Italian astronaut who almost drowned in space is the first European to be selected for Nasa’s Artemis Moon mission.

Two French astronauts are to blast into space next year, one of whom will stay on board the world's first commercial space station, under a new deal sealed between France and the U.S. company Vast.

French astronaut Sophie Adenot captured images of Mt Vesuvius and Mt Etna with a Nikon Z9 from aboard the International Space Station

She was often told she would have to choose between motherhood and her scientific career, but Kellie Gerardi decided to have it both ways. Just eight weeks after giving birth to her daughter, she returned to her post in the confined confines of the space shuttles.