The slow race of getting NASA's Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year's Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...

NASA said that, during the flyby mission, the Artemis II crew "will take the controls of the Orion spacecraft and periodically fly it manually during the flight around the moon and back." ...

The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side ...

NASA has given reporters a look at a spacecraft and a rocket to be used to orbit the Moon as part of the US-led international lunar exploration program, Artemis. The Orion module and the rocket ...

NASA’s Orion capsule entered an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles around the moon Friday ... Officials said the spacecraft remained healthy.

So far, the spacecraft ... orbit shaped by both the Earth and moon’s gravity. Unlike Apollo—which used a single spacecraft comprising a mothership and lunar lander—Artemis III will see Orion ...

For reference, the Saturn V moon rocket was only 363 feet tall ... Starship will dock to the Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit, taking astronauts down to the surface. SpaceX has also repeatedly ...

The countdown is well underway to launch NASA’s moon-bound Artemis I mission. NASA is preparing to launch SLS to orbit as soon as Monday, August 29. Once there, the Orion spacecraft hitching a ...

Moon, and Sun to reach their destination. Then, Artemis 4 will bring into lunar orbit the crewed Orion spacecraft and Lunar I-Hab Gateway, which will dock with the HALO module. The rest of the modules ...