Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope captured the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft when it was about 342,000 km (212,508 mi.) ...

"Though the House and Senate have much still to debate on full-year appropriations, this much is clear: Congress is rejecting ...

The Orion spacecraft has had quite the journey to the moon and back. Five days after launching on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on Nov. 16, it reached the moon, ...

NASA tested a boilerplate version of the Orion spacecraft in December 2014, launching it to an altitude of nearly 6,000 km. From that orbit Orion reentered Earth's atmosphere at a velocity of 9 km/s.

NASA's Orion space capsule breaks record on moon mission 02:02. NASA's unpiloted Orion moonship, sailing smoothly toward a remote lunar orbit after a spectacular low-altitude flyby Monday, is ...

NASA has cleared the final hurdle in testing its Orion spacecraft with the completion of the Ascent Abort-2 flight test. The success marks an important milestone for the crew capsule that will put ...

Since taking off aboard the Space Launch System rocket last Wednesday, NASA’s Orion spacecraft has had a remarkably smooth journey.But it’s far from over. While millions of Americans prepare ...

NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will carry the first woman and the next man to the moon in 2024, was successfully tested Tuesday. Weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center in Florida were ...

NASA's Orion capsule has come back down to Earth after its first-ever test flight, and the spacecraft will remain on terra firma for a while. Orion got its first taste of space Friday morning (Dec ...

3.9K. Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin has the spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis III and IV lunar landing missions in production alongside the Artemis II vehicle that is going into final ...

Artemis 1 mission profile. Graphic: NASA. On Monday, November 21, Orion will start the process of entering into a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) around the Moon, in which the spacecraft will orbit ...