NASA’s Orion spacecraft is on the move! Recently transported to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility, it’s now being fueled ...

NASA engineers tested the functionality of Orion's forward bay cover, which is the last component of the spacecraft that must be ejected before parachutes deploy to land.

Orion, the next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon, has been delivered to NASA for prelaunch preparations ahead of Artemis 2's planned 2026 liftoff. Skip to main content.

The four astronauts on the Orion craft will have a cramped voyage, as did the three astronauts on each Apollo mission, Love said, looking at the mockup capsule near him. “Apollo was about 4 ...

Back then, rescue teams simulated recovering the stranded crew up to the point where the hatch of the Orion spacecraft was opened, but stopped short of actually simulating a full recovery by aircraft.

Lockheed Martin handed off the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission that looks to fly four astronauts around the moon no later than April 2026.

NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026. Tank for 1st Artemis touchdown on the moon | Space photo of the day for April 29, 2025.

NASA, the U.S. Navy and others put the Orion capsule to the test, simulating a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean as they gear up for the Artemis II mission next year.