The arrival of the second Orion European Service Module (ESM) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in October signified the beginning of months of final assembly of the first crewed Orion spacecraft ...

In the background, the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft sits in the FAST cell where the Crew Module and Service Module were mated a few days earlier.) “We’ve been doing a lot of testing, a bunch of ...

NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft has gone through a critical step in its preparation for launch. Three spacecraft adapter ...

components connecting the service module with the capsule, and the power distribution system. The thermal shield of the Orion capsule is marked by hundreds of potential vulnerabilities.

The solar array wings, attached to the service module, deploy after Orion reaches space to power the spacecraft. Orion's service module provides propulsion, thermal control, and electrical power ...

Meet Orion, a son-of-Apollo space capsule that, like the family wagon, will be comfortable on long trips and will still be around when the kids learn to drive. “This is all the space for you and ...

In an artist's conception, Lockheed Martin's Orion reenters Earth's atmosphere. The capsule that carried Apollo 11 astronauts safely back to Earth in 1969 used a heat shield made of epoxy resin to ...