The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side boosters inside the agency's Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida. SLS will launch ...

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 ...

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission ... (Photo Caption: The Artemis 1 Orion Crew and Service Module (CSM) is lifted back into the FAST cell in the O&C Building at KSC on March ...

American space agency NASA shares some details on the activities the crew of the Artemis II mission will perform while in ...

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 ...

Once the spacecraft has been placed into GTO by ... As per the design specifications, the Orion Service Module is able to provide 1.8 km/s of delta-v. In theory, it should be able to complete ...

The Artemis II test flight will be NASA's first mission with crew under Artemis. Astronauts on their first flight aboard NASA ...

Back then, the elements that eventually coalesced into the Gateway were geared toward a nebulous initiative to capture a ...

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 ...

Astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch tour the Arc Jet Facility at NASA's Ames Research Center, learning more about the testing ...

When NASA’s Orion spacecraft shoots back into Earth’s atmosphere, after a visit around the moon next year, one of the Navy’s warships will race to intercept the module carrying the four ...