NASA names Artemis III crew
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The mission, expected to launch next year, will practice meeting and docking with lunar landers developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin
Blue Origin reported good progress despite the NG-4 setback, while SpaceX updated its mission plan.
Experts have been hopeful, but say the agency’s lunar aspirations are largely at the whims of two billionaires, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
Nasa has defended its decision not to select any women for the Artemis III mission, hinting that they were being readied for a Moon landing.
