Artemis 2 will be the first NASA-led Artemis program mission with humans on board. The uncrewed Artemis 1 flew to lunar orbit ...

Engineers have identified the issue with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, but NASA isn’t revealing the details yet.

How do you get ready for a moon mission? The Artemis 2 astronauts practiced a day in space ahead of their historic liftoff in ...

The Orion vehicle actually comes in three parts. Astronauts will remain in the central crew module. On top is the Launch Abort System, a safety feature that catapults the capsule to safety in the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 06: NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft ... [+] aboard is illuminated by spotlights after sunset atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad ...

We’ve had reason to doubt the September 2025 launch date for this mission, the first crewed flight into deep space in more than five decades, for awhile now.

In late 2022, NASA launched its uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back as part of its Artemis I mission, setting ...

The journey, which saw an Orion spacecraft launch atop the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, largely went as planned, with the capsule orbiting around the Moon and making its return over ...

On Monday, NASA had planned to attempt the first test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), a powerful megarocket that will launch the Orion spacecraft. This is the Artemis I mission, and if ...

which includes the mobile launcher and other ground systems needed to support launches of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, could delay the Artemis 2 launch. “While EGS elements are ...