NASA’s Orion space capsule is not a place you would describe as “roomy.” The not-quite-cone-shaped spacecraft is about 12 feet across on the inside, and, aside from the center that slants up ...

As of Thursday afternoon, the capsule was 222,993 miles (358,972 kilometers) from Earth and 55,819 miles (89,831 kilometers) from the Moon, zipping along at just over 2,600 miles per hour ...

See how Orion spacecraft from NASA's Artemis 1 mission enters Earth's atmosphere after its successful mission around the moon. Footage shows 25 minutes of re-entry and parachute footage time ...

The capsule accelerated well beyond 5,000 mph (8,000 kph) as it regained radio contact, NASA said. Less than an hour later, Orion soared above Tranquility Base, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...

NASA's Orion space capsule, which is in day 16 of its Artemis I test flight, completed a burn Thursday to take it out of distant retrograde orbit.

The close approach of 81 miles occurred as the crew capsule and its three wired-up dummies were on the far side of the moon. Astronauts will take Orion for a ride around the moon as early as 2024.

NASA’s Orion passenger space capsule has passed a huge test, splashing down intact in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico on December 11. The successful splashdown caps the complex and ...

After years of delays and several false starts, the wait is finally over: NASA’s massive Space Launch System rocket and the Orion capsule lifted off at 1:48 am Eastern time, heading for a ...

3D-printed material can off-gas a coolant, which acts as a barrier against heat buildup during descent and atmospheric re ... NASA engineers apply ablative material to an Orion capsule heatshield.

3D-MAT is a woven material in a 3D design, ... The material has already been put through its paces as it was deployed on the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis I mission in 2022 ...

Orion was a spacecraft designed not with pencils, paper, ... "Orion is assembled with multiple 3D printed components that weren't possible to build even a short time ago, ...

3D-printed material can off-gas a coolant, which acts as a barrier against heat buildup during descent and atmospheric re ... NASA engineers apply ablative material to an Orion capsule heatshield.