In this theoretical scenario, there may not be enough propellant to actually slow down and enter a lunar orbit as originally intended. In which case, Orion could simply make a loop around the far ...

Crew-6 will work in Earth orbit after launch on Feb. 26, but the mission could also aid the next generation of missions to ...

NASA's 25-day-long Artemis 1 mission, which sent an uncrewed Orion capsule to lunar orbit and back. It also made the SLS the ...

The SLS rocket passed its first test, NASA's Artemis I mission around the moon and back, with flying colors. Now it's ready ...

10 strange things NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft took to the moon NASA's uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, the first of the ...

The NASA Space Launch System (SLS) performed a successful first test flight on November 16, 2022. This article discusses the ...

The huge SLS passed its first test with flying colors, and it's good to go for its next mission: Artemis II, carrying a crew ...

In contrast, there is nothing at all in lunar orbit: nothing to use ... It’s to give its Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion capsule programs something to do. The utility of such activity ...

The astronauts would spend a week on the moon before boarding Starship to return to lunar orbit, then take Orion back to Earth. Musk's company SpaceX is also due to launch the foundational ...

NASA is currently on a mission to get back to the moon. So here are a selection of images of the moon in all its glory.

As the United States returns its attention to the possibilities of human spaceflight beyond low Earth orbit ... on Orion for ...