Two years ago next week, NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean to wrap up what, at first glance, seemed to be a highly successful unpiloted test flight that made a return to ...

It will mark the first flight of NASA’s long-awaited Space Launch System, as well as the first flight of a non-development Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle (MPCV) capsule. Launching from Kennedy ...

NASA has released a Request For Information ... development of a new Service Module Main Engine for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.” All RFI responses are due by 16 March 2018 to the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An uncrewed Orion spacecraft successfully traveled thousands of miles beyond the moon and ...

TL;DR: NASA has completed its assessment of the cracked heatshield on the Orion module and determined that Artemis II astronauts will be safe without requiring a redesign. NASA has wrapped up a ...

It has been a year since NASA’s Orion spacecraft reentered the atmosphere after completing a 1.4 million-mile journey around the moon. To celebrate the completion of this historic mission ...

Photo: NASA/Associated Press NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a close approach to the moon Monday, about 81 miles above the surface, as it maneuvered to enter a lunar orbit.

Orion's selfie with Earth and the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA's Orion spacecraft might have successfully traveled to the Moon and back, but its equipment wasn't fully stable throughout the journey.

NASA's investigation into damage found on the heatshield of the Artemis Mission's Orion module two years ago has concluded that the technique used to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere meant gas became ...

NASA will continue stacking its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket elements, which began in November, and prepare it for integration with Orion for Artemis II. Throughout the fall months ...