NASA and Lockheed Martin, the primary contractor for the Orion spacecraft, are now considering launching Orion on rockets other than NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). This marks a significant shift ...

“It looked beautiful from here,” Ashley Tarpley, NASA’s range flight safety lead for today’s test, said during a NASA broadcast of the procedure, reports Space.com. “I think that was excellent, we ...

Why? The next Orion has a different heat shield design and is supposedly only going to launch to LEO, anyway. Also, even more extra launches don't align well with the timeline for this entire charade.

Shortly after the Artemis II SLS liftoff at 6:35 p.m EDT on Wednesday, the Orion capsule carrying the crew deployed its four solar array wings at 6:59 p.m., and became fully powered in orbit. The ...

The countdown for NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission is getting closer. NASA announced that the earliest launch window for Artemis II is Feb. 6, 2026, with 12 more possible dates available from ...

Despite the ongoing government shutdown, NASA managed to complete a major milestone in its effort to send astronauts back to the moon. Last week, teams completed the stacking of the Orion spacecraft ...

NASA has confirmed the upcoming milestones for its historic Artemis II mission—the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, sending four astronauts on a lunar ...