Marking a significant milestone in the Artemis 2 space mission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) unveiled its Orion spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon, with Artemis 2 being th...
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, an Artemis 2 mission specialist for the moon mission, tests the side hatch of an Orion spacecraft at Lockheed Martin Space in Denver. The Orion spacecraft set to carry Koch and three others around the moon finished a power-on test at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
On November 28, 2022, Orion reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission when it was 268,563 miles (432,210 km) away from our home planet. Orion has now traveled farther than any other spacecraft built for humans. Credit: NASA After a comprehensive 11-month testing...
The Orion spacecraft is NASA's next-generation capsule to take astronauts to the moon and beyond.
NASA's Orion spacecraft will be launched in a few days from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on its mission to the Moon. The Airbus-built European Service Module (ESM) will power Orion to and from its lunar orbit as part of NASA’s Artemis missions.
NASA’s Orion will take humans back to the Moon. Airbus-built European Service Module provides propulsion, power, water and oxygen for the Orion spacecraft.
NASA's Orion spacecraft captured new images of the lunar surface. Credit: NASA 美国宇航局的猎户座宇宙飞船捕捉到了月球表面的新图像。 来源:美国国家航空航天局 When a space rock slams into the moon, the impact crater often stays for billions of years, almost frozen in time. ...
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Orion's success would mark the first time in decades that NASA will have a craft capable of planetary-level exploration, ever since the last of the Apollo modules were used for Skylab missions in the lead up to the Space Shuttle.
NASA Astronauts Stephanie Wilson, Jonny Kim, and Randy Bresnik take a look at the Orion spacecraft simulator that recently arrived at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA NASAAstronauts Stephanie Wilson, Jonny Kim, and Randy Bresnik take a look at the Orion spacecraft ...