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 ...

Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 ...

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

Artemis 2 will send astronauts around the Moon without landing, serving as a crucial test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, ...

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 ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The weather remains uncertain as NASA and SpaceX tries for a second launch attempt of the four-member ...

"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 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 ...

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.