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 ...

SpaceX is on the cusp of launching its gigantic Starship megarocket now that a launch rehearsal and static fire ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the biggest new initiatives in the budget is the ISS deorbit tug, which would be used to perform the final lowering of ...

Britain is pinning its hopes on nuclear power becoming the energy source that will fuel the next phase of human exploration ...

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 ...

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 ...