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.

Two months after NASA promised what seems impossible — to build the first human colony on the Moon within the next decade — officials at the U.S. space agency have outlined the first steps toward making that dream a reality. On Tuesday, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman announced that by the end of 2026, three robotic missions to the lunar surface will be launched, carried out by private companies.

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