Nilofer Ramji

Hey, NASA dropped some big news.

Big, big, big news.

We now know which astronauts will fly on the next Artemis mission.

Following the Artemis II test flight around the Moon, the crew of Artemis III will perform a series of tests in low Earth orbit.

This is a super challenging mission, and it demonstrates critical systems to put astronauts back on the Moon's surface.

So we're doing something special.

We're sharing an episode from another NASA podcast.

It's called Houston We Have a Podcast.

And if you don't already, you should follow that show too.

Houston We Have a Podcast has one of the very first interviews with this crew.

So I am just getting out of the way.

Here's Houston We Have a Podcast introducing the people who will fly on Artemis III.

Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 426, Meet Artemis III.

I'm Nilofer Ramji, and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts, all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight and more.

On the heels of NASA's historic Artemis II mission, the agency is preparing to return Americans to the lunar surface and build the capabilities needed to stay there.

While NASA continues to advance the systems needed to support a sustained human presence beyond Earth, we here at NASA Johnson are supporting the astronauts and mission teams who are training for the future of spaceflight.

The Artemis III mission will demonstrate the capabilities of lunar spacecraft in low Earth orbit.

A crew of four astronauts will launch in the Orion spacecraft on top of the Space Launch System rocket to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial human landing systems.