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...
Human deep space exploration begins at Lockheed Martin with the design and development of NASA's Orion spacecraft, set to carry astronauts back to the Moon.
Within the Artemis programme, NASA will for the first time use European-built service modules to power and supply a human spacecraft mission. Space 10 February 2025 Airbus awarded Oberon satellites contract by UK MOD London, UK, 10 February 2025 – Airbus has been awarded the UK...
NASA is collaborating with commercial and international partners, including Keysight Technologies, to establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. For the first time in a generation, NASA built a spacecraft to take humans further than they’ve ever gone before. With their Artemis missions,...
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 ...
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.
As the powerhouse of the new Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis missions, it will provide critical functions such as the propulsion system to get the astronauts to the Moon, and the consumables the astronauts need to stay alive. “Europe has entered a new decade of exploration. Building six...
Cleveland OH (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 - Making the voyage 1.4 million miles around the Moon and back - the farthest a spacecraft built for humans has ever gone - the Orion spacecraft has faced a battery of tests over the years. Though Ori
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft successfully completed a lunar departure burn on Thursday (Dec. 1) to begin heading home after successful orbits of the moon.
Astronauts practice using the Orion spacecraft on the ground.(Image credit: NASA) Orion spacecraft's Exploration Flight Test-1 The first space mission of Orion wasExploration Flight Test-1, also known as EFT-1. That saw Orion undergo a space test for 4.5 hours, soaring as high as 3,600...