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Climb aboard Orion: Inside NASA's new $18 billion spacecraft that will fly to the moon on Saturday and later carry astronauts with its four adjustable seats, 'radiation lockers' and a state-of-the ...
NASA just released photos of the Orion spacecraft that will send four astronauts around the moon on the Artemis 2 mission, which will lift off no earlier than September 2025.
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.
Orion, built by Lockheed Martin for NASA, is equipped with cameras inside and outside the spacecraft. After launching on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Orion began sharing the views of Earth.
A little more than two weeks have passed since NASA prudently rolled its Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft inside the massive Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center to ...
NASA’s Orion space capsule is not a place you would describe as “roomy.” The not-quite-cone-shaped spacecraft is about 12 feet across on the inside, and, aside from the center that slants up ...
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) ...
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 ...
Any time you fly to the Moon, it's a celebration. Over the weekend, we put on a show for @NASA_Orion's purposeful passengers using our #Callisto tech demo! 拾@alexa99, party mode! Bonus: Sound on ...
The study analyzed radiation data collected over the 25-day Artemis 1 mission from sensors placed throughout the spacecraft and inside two life-size mannequin torsos, named Helga and Zohar.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Artemis I mission around the moon. The spacecraft entered the ocean off the California coast at 12:40 p.m ...
Science; An Inside Look at NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Ever, the SLS The Space Launch System, with the Orion spacecraft sitting on top, has a central role in the Artemis I mission to orbit the moon ...