Who are the Artemis 3 astronauts? NASA announcement coming June 9

The next most anticipated crewed mission to the Moon by humans in the future would definitely be one that features human faces, more specifically four of them. NASA is scheduling to announce the names of the four astronauts who have been chosen for Artemis 3 on June 9.

The names of the four astronauts picked for this exciting venture will be announced during the Artemis 3 Crew Announcement and Update event at 11am ET.

The Artemis programme is NASA’s most ambitious human spaceflight effort in decades. After a bunch of years of development, testing and planning, the agency is finally close enough to Artemis 3 that it’s ready to say who the astronauts are that will make the journey.

These four people are going to get a historic role, like landing close to the moon’s south pole and then doing boots-on-the-ground work at a future lunar base. 

NASA’s Artemis updates don’t really end at the crew reveal. The agency also said it is handing out more than $1 billion in fresh contracts for rovers, lunar landers, plus other vehicles that are basically required for setting up a permanent base near the moon’s south pole. 

That kind of build-out investment points to NASA’s resolve for continuing lunar exploration, not just some one-time detour. 

NASA said it wants the facility to sprawl across hundreds of square miles so it can act as a foothold for quick scientific efforts and also for enduring lunar operations.