“We’re certifying this vehicle for those 40 days but ... EM-1 is a first flight for most of NASA’s current human exploration programs. The Orion crew module is one of the only major elements ...

Engineers have identified the issue with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, but NASA isn’t revealing the details yet.

The Orion vehicle actually comes in three parts. Astronauts will remain in the central crew module ... and flew two orbits around Earth. The Exploration Flight Test-1 mission took 4.5 hours ...

All work was carried out by teams from both NASA’s Exploration Ground ... when the Orion is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building and from the Crew Access Arm on Mobile Launcher 1.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk jumps as he joins Donald Trump on stage during a presidential campaign rally in Butler, ...

Administrator Bridenstine didn’t specifically mention which commercial vehicle ... During “Exploration Mission 1”, the SLS is only responsible for getting the Orion, its Service Module ...

Simultaneously, NASA was to develop the Crew Exploration Vehicle: a more traditional capsule ... 2009 The program also called for the development of the Orion capsule and Altair lunar lander ...

Other vehicles included the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) and the Lunar Surface ... Astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will explore the asteroid in the 2020s, returning to Earth with samples.

However, the US lunar program is delayed, in part because the spacesuits and lunar-landing vehicle are not ready. Meanwhile, ...

The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration at Space Center Houston by entering an early mockup for Northrop ...