After considering several options, including swapping the heat shield out for a newer one with more permeable Avcoat, NASA ...

NASA’s Orion spacecraft, named ‘Integrity’ by her crew, rolled about seven miles from the Launch Abort System Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 16, 2025.

Artemis III will last much longer than its predecessor, requiring greater endurance from astronauts.

Each RS-25 engine will fire for about 8 minutes during ascent, providing 500,000 pounds of thrust in the process.

Artist’s rendering of a Starship spacecraft docked with NASA’s Orion capsule. Credit: SpaceX/NASA As part of the upcoming Artemis III flight test, NASA plans to outfit its crewed Orion spacecraft with ...

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NASA is sending some astronauts on a little trek out of Earth's orbit and around the moon, which is just the start of its current plans to send crewed missions back to the lunar surface. This is an ...

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft photographed during the final hour of its four-mile journey to the launch pad on Friday, March 20, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now ...

NASA has released 12,217 Artemis II photos showing the Moon, Earth and a solar eclipse from lunar space during the crew's ...

For the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, NASA officially has its hands on a spacecraft expected to fly humans to the moon. Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Orion space capsule, transferred ...