NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has unveiled the crew for the "Artemis III" mission, which will perform a lunar flyby in 2027 as part of the US Moon program.
The crew includes three American astronauts - Andre Douglas, record-holder for spaceflights Frank Rubio, Randy Bresnik, and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano from the European Space Agency (ESA).
The astronauts will embark on a two-week flight to test critical technologies needed for humans to return to the Moon's surface for the first time in over 50 years.
The mission is scheduled for April next year from the Florida spaceport aboard the "Orion" spacecraft, launched into orbit by the "Space Launch System" rocket.
