NASA is preparing the Orion spacecraft for its first crewed flight around the moon. Here's how astronauts will fly it.

See footage Orion Spacecraft, moon and Earth shortly before its "outbound powered flyby burn". Orion was less than 2000 miles ...

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 the ...

NASA’s Artemis I mission lifted off from Earth just a few short weeks ago, and since then, the Orion capsule has captured a breathtaking view of Earth and even completed its lunar flyby.

It's meant as a test: Astronauts on the ISS will test the toilet out before NASA installs an upgraded version on its Orion spaceship, which is slated to fly a crew to the moon as early as 2023.

The NASA Orion spacecraft that will fly the Artemis 1 uncrewed lunar orbit mission is being prepared for a crucial test series at Plum Brook Station in Ohio. Prime contractor Lockheed Martin has ...

Photo: NASA/Associated Press NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a close approach to the moon Monday, about 81 miles above the surface, as it maneuvered to enter a lunar orbit.

More time, performance needed Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) is currently planned to take NASA’s Orion crew vehicle into a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) of the Moon on an uncrewed test flight ...

The Artemis 2 astronauts inspect their Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA Since the recent presidential election, there’s been a flurry of speculation about the future of NASA’s Moon to Mars plans ...