Follow the Artemis II crew aboard Orion, from SLS launch to Pacific splashdown, completing system checkouts, trajectory burns, and lunar observations during their 10-day mission.

Four astronauts strapped inside a capsule smaller than a large walk-in closet will spend roughly 10 days testing every system ...

The 4-mi. trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building to LC-38B was expected to begin at 8 p.m. and could take up to 12 hr. NASA said a rollout on either March 19 or March 20 would preserve the ...

NASA's quest to send astronauts out into the solar system begins this week with a two-laps-around-Earth test flight. The new Orion spacecraft is not going to Mars just yet; Thursday's debut will be ...

After completing a flight readiness review and risk assessment, NASA managers say they are confident moving forward with the April 1 Artemis II astronaut test flight around the moon.

NASA recently announced that it’s targeting April 1 for the launch of its highly anticipated lunar-bound mission, Artemis II. Inside the Orion spacecraft lifted to space by the powerful SLS rocket ...

Following a checkout in high Earth orbit, the Orion spacecraft will fire its engines to put itself on a path toward the Moon. The burn sets up the free-return trajectory for Orion’s splashdown eight ...

NASA has finished a crucial step toward getting its Artemis II moon mission off the ground, and is now targeting early April to send four astronauts on an unprecedented path.

The Artemis 1 Orion crew vehicle has set a new record for a NASA flight. At approximately 8:40AM ET on Saturday, Orion flew farther than any spacecraft designed to carry human astronauts had ever ...