The next astronauts headed to the moon are preparing for all contingencies as their mission approaches, and they recently ...

NASA's Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fueled up and going through ...

South Korea's KASA is just one international space agency that will fly cubesats on the mission; Germany's DLR will also ...

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are gearing up for their planned 2026 moon launch by photographing an inflatable version of Earth ...

"When you're in your launch and entry suits, you're with the crew you're going to be on the pad with, that is absolutely ...

As for the Artemis 2 mission, Free said the Orion capsule, its European-built service module and the Space Launch System rocket are all on track for launch by the end of 2024.

NASA and Freelancer announced on 15 August the 25 finalists in the “Moon Mascot: Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge.” The toy chosen will float inside Orion once microgravity begins.

The Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2, set to fly around the moon in 2024 with a crew of four, saw its crew and service modules joined at NASA on Oct. 19.

An uncrewed Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2022, following a 26-day trip to the Moon and back as part of the Artemis 1 mission.

Artemis 2's mission calls for Orion to loop around the moon to prepare for future landings, but not to touch down itself. RELATED STORIES: — Artemis 2 astronauts simulated a day in the life on their ...

Now that Orion has returned to Earth, it's time to prepare for Artemis 2, but it's going to take longer than you'd probably expect. Orion splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, Dec. 11.

Today, the space agency planted a new, if symbolic flag, when the Artemis 1 mission’s Orion crew capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 320 km (200 mi.) off the coast of Baja California ...