The Orion spacecraft was designed to help mitigate the effects of cosmic radiation but to find out more, Nasa sent two ...

In fact, astronauts have not been expected to fly atop SLS until the early 2020s. Artist's illustration of the Orion capsule. Credit: nasa "I know the challenges associated with such a proposition ...

Unlike the space shuttle, NASA's next human-rated space vehicle, Orion, will have a quick and dirty method of getting astronauts the heck away from their booster in the event of a launch emergency.

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.

a test of the massive Space Launch System rocket and an uncrewed Orion capsule. That set up Artemis II, the first of NASA’s new missions to the moon with astronauts aboard. DEPARTURE After ...

Eyes: Computer/Human interface. Most of Orion's systems can be operated manually by astronauts (in case of emergency) through the glass cockpit interfaces, but the computer systems onboard provide ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle is how NASA plans on sending its astronauts back into space. But first it has to go through rigorous testing – which in this ...

NASA’s successful Artemis I mission flew an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the moon in 2022. The Artemis II test flight will send astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman ...

Artemis II will take four astronauts — Wiseman, Koch, Hansen and pilot Victor Glover — on a 10-day flight test orbiting Earth and the moon. The crew will fly on NASA's Orion spacecraft ...

SLS will launch NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly four astronauts aboard an Orion spacecraft around the moon and back sometime next year. "Technicians joined the core stage March 23 with the stacked ...

It features a traditional cockpit with physical buttons and switches, offering a familiar interface for astronauts used to ... Boeing's Starliner and the Artemis Orion capsule.