NASA is studying the addition of an Orion rendezvous demonstration to the Artemis 2 test flight to reduce overall mission risks to the subsequent Artemis 3 lunar landing from first-time operations.

It was NASA’s Orion capsule, which would soon end the 25-day Artemis I mission around and beyond the moon with a fiery splashdown into the ocean. Orion's reentry followed a sharply angled ...

The Artemis 2 mission in 2025 will use the SLS rocket to send a crew of four on a looping flight around the Moon aboard an Orion spacecraft. The first Artemis lunar landing comes with Artemis 3 ...

The Orion spacecraft that will fly to the Moon on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission was lifted atop its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on October 20, completing major assembly of the full vehicle stack.

the first crewed test flight in NASA’s Artemis Moon and Mars exploration program, was postponed amid safety issues with the Orion capsule’s heat shield. “The safety of our astronauts is ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the Orion spacecraft heat shield underwent extensive testing after the 2022 Artemis 1 flight around the Moon to understand the risks to astronauts. NASA Deputy ...

The latest delays stem, in part, from an issue with the Orion crew spacecraft and its heat shield which was detected after a "skip reentry" during the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission in late 2022. "We have ...

The Artemis program, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, aims to return humans ... The 10-day flight will provide crucial data on the Orion spacecraft’s systems, including ...