The creator of the futuristic Orion capsule, the only spacecraft capable of speeding aeronauts to the Moon, is set to begin ...

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

With the completion of its assembly and testing of the first Orion spacecraft set to fly astronauts to the moon, Lockheed Martin transferred possession of the Artemis 2 capsule to NASA's Exploration ...

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

NASA’s Artemis II crew boarded the Orion spacecraft on December 20, 2025, for a countdown demonstration test, rehearsing launch-day procedures at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed the service module for NASA's Orion spaceship, which is meant to take the nearly cancelled Artemis 4 mission to the moon. The module, which is supposed to ...

NASA is stripping Orion down for analysis, and longtime space policy architect and power broker Sen. Richard Shelby has stepped down from the Senate. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on ...

NASA’s Artemis I Mission Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean It was two years ago on December 11 when NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico’s Baja California in a ...

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 53 years ...

If you're curious about what it takes to develop a new spaceship to take astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit — to destinations such as an asteroid or Mars — you'll have a chance to find out this week.