Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

The Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket have been attached at the hip for the better part of two decades. The big ...

Peek inside the Orion moon capsule with an Artemis II astronaut

Four astronauts are continuing with their intense training for the Artemis II mission that will fly them around the moon and ...
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NASA's Orion spacecraft snaps a selfie on its journey beyond the far side of the moon

NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft continues on the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that will ...
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NASA Takes Major Step Toward Artemis II Launch with Latest Rocket Addition at Kennedy Space Center

NASA integrated the Artemis II Orion stage adapter with the rest of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Wednesday in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA has a wild plan to return astronauts to the moon. Here’s why experts are starting to worry

Calls for the US to land astronauts back on the moon before China have been increasingly loud and frequent. But it all hinges ...

NASA unveils date range for 1st crewed Artemis moon mission. Here's when it could happen

NASA's Artemis II astronauts will embark on the first crewed U.S. mission to the moon in half a century. It could launch ...

Moon's largest crater harbors secret on south pole where NASA astronauts will land

American astronauts who return to the moon's surface in the years ahead for the first time in more than half a century will ...
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NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Orion’s First Crewed Lunar Flyby

NASA is seeking volunteers (commercial ground station operators) to passively track the Orion capsule during the Artemis II mission using one-way Doppler tracking measurements. This initiative builds ...
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NASA launches new Orion spacecraft and new era

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (KTRK) -- NASA's new Orion spacecraft streaked into orbit Friday on a high-stakes test flight meant to usher in a new era of human exploration leading ultimately to Mars. The ...