For Artemis II, Orion will not use a “skip” reentry method, which sees the capsule skim the atmosphere before committing to a full reentry. Instead, Wiseman explained that Orion will aim for a lofted ...

It could be less than nine months before humanity ventures back to the moon, even if only to fly around it. The people set to ...

"The huge success of Artemis 1 is actually something we need to think about as a risk or even a threat to Artemis 2." ...

NASA is preparing for its April 2026 Artemis II 10-day mission that will send a crew of four around the moon to prepare for ...

"We really think that Artemis is the right program at the right time to get a sustained human presence on and around the moon ...

NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronaut crew reveal is underway live on NASA TV. Speaking before a huge crowd at the Ellington Field in Houston, NASA's chief astronaut Joe Acaba began by inviting the ...

NASA's Artemis II crew including Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Mission Specialist Christina Hammock Koch, Pilot Victor ...

Explore why NASA chose Firefly Aerospace for a critical Artemis lunar science mission, including the $176.7M contract and the ...

Following an uncrewed test flight in February, the first piloted flight of NASA's Orion moonship and Space Launch System mega rocket — Artemis 2 — is slipping from 2023 to no earlier than May ...

Artemis 1 will be SLS' first launch and the second for NASA's Orion capsule. The mission serves as a stepping stone for Artemis 2 and Artemis 3, which will take humans back to lunar orbit and the ...

NASA centers in Louisiana and Mississippi are involved in prepping those segments. For Artemis III, meanwhile, the underlying structure of the Orion spacecraft, called the pressure vessel, is also ...

NASA's next-generation moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight, a crewless voyage inaugurating the space agency's Artemis exploration program 50 years after the final Apollo moon mission.