Processing of the well-traveled capsule is underway. NASA has started unpacking the Orion spacecraft after its epic moon mission. Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida have ...

But before the Artemis crew can strap into Orion, the space agency still needs to resolve an issue with the spacecraft’s side hatch that could prevent the astronauts from exiting in case of an ...

The astronauts had an opportunity to peer through the hatch of the Orion crew capsule ... enormous SLS rocket and the first voyage of an Orion spacecraft to the distance of the Moon.

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 ...

Engineers and astronauts conduct testing in a representative model of the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s ... s feedback on the design of the docking hatch and on post-landing equipment operations.

Lockheed Martin handed off the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission that looks to fly four astronauts around the moon no later than April 2026.

Technicians also replaced a bearing on the crew access arm, where the Artemis II astronauts will walk from the tower to enter the hatch of the Orion spacecraft. With these changes in place ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for ...

“This view of Earth captured from a human-rated spacecraft ... through the top hatch window. Artemis 1 is just getting started. And over the next few weeks, as Orion ventures to lunar orbit ...

NASA’s Orion space capsule is not a place you would describe ... aside from the center that slants up toward a hatch door, it's mostly less than 5 feet tall. Moving around it — in gravity ...

“With radiation monitors placed throughout the Orion capsule, we are gaining valuable insights into how space radiation interacts with the spacecraft’s shielding, the types of radiation that ...