On NASA's Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under the agency's Artemis campaign, astronauts will take the controls of the Orion spacecraft and periodically fly it manually during ...

Ever wondered how to fly a spacecraft? Well, you’re in luck then, as NASA has just shared a video with lots of juicy details on how to fly the Orion spacecraft. Orion has already traveled around ...

Watch as the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft travels to the moon in this epic time-lapse from flight day 1. Credit: NASA | mash ...

as a moon lander that would ferry them from the Orion spacecraft — which launches atop SLS — down to the lunar surface. SpaceX’s deals with NASA, however, are fixed-price, meaning the ...

Rather than wait for SpaceX to finish manufacturing a new Dragon capsule for Crew-10, NASA decided to launch the mission on a flight-proven spacecraft — in this case, Crew Dragon Endurance.

During re-entry of the Artemis I’s Orion spacecraft, its heatshield tiles did not hold up as well as expected. According to a 2024 NASA Office of Inspector General report, the cost of the ...

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could ... starting off with prototypes on NASA's Deep Space 1 and the European Space Agency's SMART-1 in 1998 and 2003, respectively, and subsequently ...

NASA plans to bring the two Starliner astronauts back to Earth, along with their two space station crewmates, around March 19-20, shortening their long-extended stay in orbit by about two weeks ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, a private spacecraft hired by NASA to take experiments to the moon, is flying laps around Earth right now as it gears up for its first attempt at a lunar ...

The spacecraft carries nine science instruments, and a gravity experiment that uses the telecommunications system. All science instruments will operate simultaneously on every pass. Credit ...