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All the #MoonBase news from today in one text: #NASA will announce the crew of #ArtemisIII: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-announce-artemis-iii-crew-provide-mission-progress-update/

NASA Outlines Preliminary #ArtemisIII Mission Plans: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-3/nasa-outlines-preliminary-artemis-iii-mission-plans/ - it will be longer than Artemis II and take place entirely in LEO, with a spacer "the mass and overall dimensions of an upper stage but without propulsive capabilities"; summary in https://x.com/SpaceflightNow/status/2054596172338110921

An update on the #ArtemisIII crisis - and announcement of the crew - at 15:30 UTC today on https://www.youtube.com/live/0fLROeRhqZM

Anyone else got strong #Simpsons vibes when #ArtemisIII commander Randy Bresnik received an #InanimateRod, err, baton from Artemis II commander Reid Wisemann at the end of today's revelation event? Image on left a cropped still from the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wavTKo1gH8 (and see https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-marches-toward-artemis-iii-mission-in-2027-names-crew-members/ and https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/ESA_astronaut_Luca_Parmitano_joins_NASA_s_Artemis_III_mission_as_pilot about the event).