in October signified the beginning of months of final assembly of the first crewed Orion spacecraft that will fly four people on the Artemis 2 mission. Following the delivery of the ESM from prime ...

The design of the crew module structure ... and is a spacer to provide room for the length of Orion’s main engine nozzle. A Spacecraft Adapter Jettisoned (SAJ) panel and a LAS ogive panel ...

See how Orion spacecraft from NASA's Artemis 1 mission enters Earth's atmosphere after its successful mission around the moon ...

After a comprehensive 11-month testing stint in Ohio, the Artemis I Orion crew module, now the Orion ETA, is back at Kennedy ...

Credit: NASA/Quentin Schwinn An uncrewed Orion spacecraft successfully traveled ... have to complete all of these tests to say the spacecraft design is safe and we're ready to fly a crew for ...

NASA also tested Orion's response to lighting strikes ... because we have to complete all of these tests to say the spacecraft design is safe and we’re ready to fly a crew for the first time ...

NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a close approach to the moon Monday, about 81 miles above the surface, as it maneuvered to enter a lunar orbit. The test flight of the Artemis I mission is a key ...

The plan includes keeping the current Orion spacecraft design and modifying the reentry trajectory, lowering the heat inflicted on the spacecraft. Orion also saw an issue with environmental ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An uncrewed Orion spacecraft successfully traveled thousands of miles beyond the moon and back, ...