# @paoloverzone on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZasmgpN5D_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66859617-paoloverzone-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-10T19:32:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Paolo Verzone (@paoloverzone) — https://gondola.cc/paoloverzone

## Caption

Celebrating the news that the fantastic  astro_luca will be the pilot of the Artemis III mission, I had the privilege to photograph him at LUNA, europeanspaceagency lunar training facility in Cologne, for gallerieditalia . I can’t wait to see Artemis III take off with Luca and the whole Artemis III team! Source ESA: “NASA has announced the crew for the Artemis III mission, which includes ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano as pilot. ESA is also providing its third European Service Module for this crewed test flight in Earth orbit, which will be key for the mission’s objective to test rendezvous and docking capabilities ahead of future lunar landing missions. 
 NASA announced the crew of Artemis III mission which will include, NASA astronaut and commander Randy Bresnik, pilot Luca Parmitano of ESA, and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas as lander specialists. NASA astronaut Bob Hines was also assigned as a backup crew member. The crew will now begin a rigorous training schedule to learn the Orion spacecraft systems, as well as the operations of the human landing systems, to prepare for an ambitious series of demonstrations ahead of a Moon landing mission“ videos by super massimonicolaci the gentleman of space thanks canonemeapro and canonitaliaspa for the support #artemis #canonambassador #liveforthestory

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