NASA, the U.S. Navy and others put the Orion capsule to the test, simulating a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean as they gear up for the Artemis II mission next year.

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Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, dubbed as the 'stranded astronauts', are due to be back from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 16 after spending more than nine months in space. The two ...

It makes the mission safer for all astronauts by preparing them for anything that could go wrong. Any astronaut could suffer an incidental disability during their journey.

At the HARS air museums we had a good look at some P3 Orions held by the museum- the P3 at Parkes is a static walk-through display, and in this video we take you through the aircraft. Greenland ...

March 7 (UPI) --NASA on Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission around ...

Dr. Bernard Harris, a University of Houston alumnus and the first African American to walk in space, will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center ...