{"id":630101,"date":"2026-06-09T23:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630101\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T23:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:20:10","slug":"nasa-names-artemis-iii-crew-in-next-step-towards-moon-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630101\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasa names Artemis III crew in next step towards Moon landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Artemis III crew member Andre Douglas?published at 18:08 BST<\/p>\n<p>18:08 BST<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andre Douglas speaks on stage after being announced as the Artemis III mission specialist\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3c7ce949-3832-4ad0-84f7-b5fc38d6f8a1.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Andre Douglas pictured far right<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Andre Douglas &#8211; one of the four Artemis III crew members &#8211; will be making his first-ever space flight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He was given the role of mission specialist. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Born in Florida but raised in Virginia, Douglas earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in mechanical engineering from the US Coast Guard Academy, then went on to earn three master&#8217;s degrees, and a PhD in systems engineering. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Douglas was invited by Nasa to join the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class and reported for duty in January 2022. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Part of his role was to identify lunar surface needs and recommend technology for development strategies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Douglas was among the most animated on stage on Tuesday, grabbing the baton presented by the Artemis II team &#8211; a symbolic passing of the torch &#8211; and pretending to run with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He beamed with enthusiasm and gratitude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;My brain, it is going a mile a minute right now, but my heart, my heart, it is so warm, it is so full, and I can&#8217;t thank everybody who&#8217;s been along (on) my journey,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He thanked his mother, &#8220;for believing in me&#8221;, his dad, &#8220;for the work ethic&#8221;, and his &#8220;lovely wife&#8221; for her unwavering support. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who is Artemis III crew member Andre Douglas?published at 18:08 BST 18:08 BST Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-630101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}