NASA is preparing the Orion spacecraft for its first crewed flight around the moon. Here's how astronauts will fly it.

On NASA's Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under the agency's Artemis campaign, astronauts will take the ...

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 NASA Orion spacecraft that will fly the Artemis 1 uncrewed lunar orbit mission is being prepared for a crucial test series at Plum Brook Station in Ohio. Prime contractor Lockheed Martin has ...

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 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 ...