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Within hours of NASA announcing its decision to fly the Artemis II mission aboard an Orion spacecraft ... astronauts and the space agency's first crewed mission into deep space in more than ...

Before Artemis II, NASA will send two missions to scout the surface of the lunar south pole for resources that could sustain ...

the Orion spacecraft entered the Moon's sphere of influence, flew within about 60 miles (100 kilometers) of the lunar surface, and, for the most part, worked as designed in deep space. On top of ...

Orion successfully traveled back to Earth to ... but the successful completion of Artemis I showed that NASA’s next-generation deep-space exploration systems were close to being ready, and ...

“Space is demanding, and we…need this time to make sure that the Orion capsule can safely deliver our astronauts to deep space and back to Earth.” NASA has been working to resolve an issue ...

"And we, and our industry and international partners, need this time to make sure that the Orion capsule is ready to safely deliver our astronauts to deep space and back to Earth." Orion has two ...

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