Two years after the groundbreaking Artemis 1 mission, the space capsule that journeyed around the moon is back at NASA's Neil Armstrong test facility in Sandusky for rigorous testing. This capsule ...

The Orion spacecraft, which will carry four astronauts around the moon on the Artemis 2 mission, recently reentered an altitude chamber at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion ...

Artemis delays raise questions about NASA's 2027 moon landing goal. Can the US maintain its lead in space exploration?

A tiny spot at first, it gradually grew to a round circle falling at a great speed from the fringes of space. It was NASA’s Orion capsule, which would soon end the 25-day Artemis I mission ...

After a comprehensive 11-month testing stint in Ohio, the Artemis I Orion crew module, now the Orion ETA, is back at Kennedy ...

As a new administration looms, NASA's Artemis II SLS moon rocket is ready for stacking inside the VAB. The goal is a 2026 ...

This mission, Artemis I ... shield is critical to a space exploration mission. To understand what exactly happened to Orion, let’s rewind the story. As the capsule reentered Earth’s atmosphere ...

The space agency simulated the extreme ... The Artemis 1 mission was an uncrewed test flight of the capsule to prepare for its successor, Artemis 2. The mission was considered a success, despite ...

Credit: NASA NASA's first two crewed Artemis moon missions have been pushed back to 2026 and 2027, respectively, and the move could have big ramifications for the agency's Artemis program and ...

After the first dive, Orion bounced back into space in ... saw on the capsule after it splashed down. In a Dec. 5, 2024, press conference, NASA officials announced that the Artemis II mission ...