The creator of the futuristic Orion capsule, the only spacecraft capable of speeding aeronauts to the Moon, is set to begin ...

CAPE CANAVERAL—Seven years after Europe signed the contract to supply the service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, the system arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Nov. 6. Carried inside ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Quentin Schwinn An uncrewed Orion spacecraft successfully traveled thousands of ...

NASA’s Orion crew module recently reached a significant milestone in preparations for the Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed flight to the moon since Apollo. Engineers successfully conducted a ...

The world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, the Orion, is set to speed astronauts around the Moon, a trek that could ...

People who have the right to step inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center are treated these days to an impressive sight: the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying on ...

For most, getting into a car is a task that can be done without assistance. Yet for those whose destination is the moon, the ...

Lockheed Martin reported it has completed assembly and testing for the Orion Artemis II spacecraft, a manned mission that will flight-test NASA's deep-space exploration system around the Moon. The ...

NASA put its Orion spacecraft to the test ahead of its planned journey to the Moon. The space agency simulated the extreme conditions the capsule may experience during a launch abort scenario when it ...

Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over the rippling sea as waves sloshed around the USS Portland dock ship. Navy officials on the deck scrutinized the sky in search of a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Without a heat shield or wiring, and with only welded metal panels to see, NASA's new spacecraft designed to take astronauts out beyond Earth and into the solar system doesn't ...