Orion is made of three main sections. From the left: (1) The service module, from the European Space ... [+] Agency, fuels and propels the spacecraft. (2) The crew module is the habitat for up to ...

NASA finally knows what caused the erosion of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield following its historic trip to the Moon in 2022, but the space agency is not telling, at least not yet.

NASA identified more than 100 locations where ablative thermal protective material was liberated during its speedy reentry.

sustainability and space. NASA’s Artemis I mission is entering the back half of its journey. After traveling as far from Earth as any human-rated spacecraft in history, the Orion capsule is set ...

The journey, which saw an Orion spacecraft launch atop the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, largely went as planned, with the capsule orbiting around the Moon and making its return over ...

How do you get ready for a moon mission? The Artemis 2 astronauts practiced a day in space ahead of their historic liftoff in ...

On Monday, NASA had planned to attempt the first test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), a powerful megarocket that will launch the Orion spacecraft. This is the Artemis I mission ...

the first crewed flight into deep space in more than five decades, for a while now. This is principally because NASA is continuing to mull the implications of damage to the Orion spacecraft's heat ...

Orion's selfie ... about the spacecraft's reliability ahead of the manned Artemis II mission. Orion's Avcoat heat shield. Credit: ASA/Isaac Watson At the Wernher von Braun Space Exploration ...

Astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will explore ... to Mars by the DST – like the Mars Base Camp – followed by crewed missions. This second space station would be equipped with a reusable ...

The four Artemis 2 astronauts recently practiced a key contingency operation as they continue to prepare for their moon mission: opening the side hatch of their Orion spacecraft. If all goes well ...