Fission-based Orion (4,000 tons) for most missions (e.g., Mars in 125 days, Jupiter in 180 days). Fusion-based for fast outer-planet trips (e.g., Jupiter in 30 days). They would be thousands of tons, ...

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When NASA's Orion spacecraft returned to Earth from its trip around the moon last month, it was moving blazingly fast, nearly 25,000 mph, or 32 times the speed of sound. On a trip to the moon, a ...

If successful on Artemis II, the tech could beam 4K video and rich data back to Earth at record speed, proving deep-space ...

Crucial Quote. NASA Bill Nelson said after Orion’s launch that the spacecraft will accelerate the agency’s Moon to Mars project, adding “this uncrewed flight test will push Orion to the ...

If signed into law as written, the White House's proposal to slash nearly 25 percent from NASA's budget would have some dire ...

Artist’s depiction of Orion traveling past the Moon, with an Earthrise in the background. Illustration: NASA NASA’s Space Launch System blasted off on Wednesday, sending the uncrewed Orion ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin officials pose together during a handover ceremony for the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 1, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/Cory S. Huston) ...

NASA's two Voyager spacecraft, launched in the 1970s, have passed beyond the orbit of Pluto and into interstellar space, making them the most distant man-made objects to exist in the universe.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched Wednesday on the Space Launch System rocket, beginning its nearly 26-day test flight, known as the Artemis 1 mission, around the moon.

USA: The Orion spacecraft is to launch into orbit today as part of NASA's preparations to take humans all the way to Mars. Orion is an exploration vehicle designed specifically to take humans to ...