An overview of the Orion spacecraft's design. (Image credit: NASA) The Orion spacecraft consists of a gumdrop-shaped capsule and service module , which together are about 26 feet (8 meters) long ...

And this is a brand-new heat shield design. ... NASA tested a boilerplate version of the Orion spacecraft in December 2014, launching it to an altitude of nearly 6,000 km.

19K. In early December, NASA’s Orion Program completed a “Delta” Critical Design Review (CDR) of the crewed spacecraft configuration that will first fly on Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2).

The Orion space capsule that could one day take astronauts to Mars will be put through the ultimate stress test when it launches for an unmanned test mission on Thursday.

See what makes the space agency's next-generation spacecraft so special. — -- Orion is not your granddaddy's spacecraft. Think of it as an Apollo spacecraft on steroids, and the spacecraft of ...

After multiple delays pushed back the Orion spacecraft launch Thursday morning, NASA postponed the event, setting a new target window beginning at 7:05 a.m. EST Friday. Wind conditions and a boat ...

NASA's Orion Spacecraft Passes Significant Design Milestone. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 09 / 090901150557.htm ...

Space.com talked with NASA astronaut Stanley Love to discuss how he and others are working to design a spacecraft cockpit for the digital age.

Even using the most powerful rocket NASA's ever built, getting the agency's unpiloted Orion spacecraft to the moon for the Artemis 1 test flight won't be easy. It will hinge on a complex series of ...

Data from NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission has provided valuable space radiation measurements, which validate spacecraft performance and will help guide deep-space human spaceflight. The uncrewed ...

Artemis I may have now sent the Orion spacecraft on its way to the Moon, but the hard work is far from over for NASA. After Wednesday's early morning liftoff with NASA's Space Launch System, the ...