(Biosentinel didn't ride aboard Orion; it and nine other cubesats were packed into ... and is designed to fly toward the moon ...

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 ...

Axiom Space, the Houston-based space services company selected by NASA to design, build and furnish the spacesuits for the ...

Axiom Space is building the new spacesuits in a commercial partnership similar to the one between the space agency and SpaceX ...

For Artemis 3, it is now expected that Orion will dock directly to the HLS spacecraft in either NRHO or another lunar/cislunar staging orbit.) Docking is not a favored option because it carries ...

Japan may soon join a very exclusive club as its privately-led Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander went into orbit around the ...

Currently, Lockheed Martin is working on an Orion-based lander concept that ... there are living quarters that also have an engine to return to lunar orbit. Unlike other plans which involve ...

Artemis 2 is the second scheduled mission of NASA’s Artemis program, and the first scheduled crewed mission of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, currently planned to be launched by the Space Launch System in ...

One of these modifications involved the Lunar Gateway, a modular space station that will be deployed in a seven-day near-rectilinear and elliptical orbit to function as a staging point for both ...

Nuclear power has the potential to dramatically increase the duration of future lunar missions and their scientific value," ...

Firefly’s second lunar mission utilizes its Blue Ghost spacecraft and offers additional customer opportunities for payload delivery, orbital services, and sample return CEDAR PARK, Texas ...

South Korea launched its first mission to the moon on Aug. 5, 2022 and achieved lunar orbit four months later on Dec. 16. Named Danuri — a blending of the Korean words dal (moon) and nuri (enjoy ...