Luca Parmitano, an astronaut for the European Space Agency, was officially presented as a pilot for NASA's Artemis III mission.

The Artemis III mission is currently scheduled to launch no earlier than June 2027 to fly the Orion spacecraft and a crew of four in Earth orbit. NASA plans to launch the Artemis III mission in 2027, which will serve as a test flight before future lunar surface landings.

To support this test flight, NASA intends to fly the structural test articles for both the Orion Stage Adapter and the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter on Artemis III to save the flight adapters for Artemis IV.