Commander Randy Bresnik and three others will attempt to dock with two different lunar landers in Earth orbit, paving the way for a future moon landing.

Nasa is set to unveil the four astronauts selected for the Artemis-III mission, a major milestone in humanity's return to the Moon.

Mr. Douglas is Black, Mr. Rubio was the first astronaut of Salvadoran descent to go to space and Mr. Parmitano is the European Space Agency’s first representative on board an Artemis program mission.