7 Key Tests NASA Has to Burn Through Before Artemis II Moon Launch
22 Sep 2023, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA began this week a series of seven major test procedures that are meant to ensure the successful and safe launch of the Artemis II mission
Artemis II Moon Mission Gets Real as Mobile Launcher Rolls to the Pad
17 Aug 2023, 10:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA completed acoustic testing of the Artemis II Orion spaceship, now in the process of rolling the SLS rocket's mobile launcher to the pad.
Heat Shield or Bust: What's Protecting the Orion Spaceship From the Heat of Re-Entry
8 Jul 2023, 23:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA said at the end of June the heat shield of the Orion spaceship for the Artemis II mission has been installed, here's a closer look at the tech
Orion Spaceship Can Take Temperatures Half as Hot as the Sun, Heat Shield Has It Covered
30 Jun 2023, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA announced this week the Orion spaceship which will fly the Artemis II mission got its heat shield, bringing the craft closer to completion
All We Know About the Artemis II Crewed Mission Around the Moon
27 May 2023, 23:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A little more than a year is left until we send the first humans to the Moon as part of the Artemis program, so here's a rundown of what we know so far
NASA Surrounds Artemis II Service Module With Huge Speaker and Blast Sound at the Thing
16 May 2023, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA announced it completed a series of acoustic tests for the European Service Module that will go into the Artemis II Orion spaceship
All Systems Go for Sending Humans 'Round the Moon, Artemis I Data Clears the Way
8 Mar 2023, 11:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Artemis I data reviewed so far by NASA engineers confirms what we all saw with our own eyes: the mission was a smashing success
SLS Rocket Exceeds Expectations, Preparations Commence for Artemis II
29 Jan 2023, 15:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / After a preliminary analysis of the SLS launch, NASA determined that the first Artemis mission was a success, with the rocket meeting or exceeding expectations
Everything We Know About the Crewed Artemis III Moon Mission
21 Jan 2023, 03:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA spilled all the details it could on the upcoming Artemis III mission, which will send the first landing party of our time to the Moon
USS Portland Brings Orion Capsule to Port After a Month and 1.4 Million Miles in Space
15 Dec 2022, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Orion spaceship reached San Diego on Wednesday after spending almost a month and 1.4 million miles in the vacuum of space
Orion Spaceship Splashed Down 50 Years After the Apollo 17 Moon Landing, What’s Next?
12 Dec 2022, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Orion spaceship is now back home after traveling “farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans and return them to Earth”
Orion Spaceship Is Now as Far From Earth as It’ll Ever Get, Heading Back Home
29 Nov 2022, 09:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Orion spaceship reached its furthest distance from Earth on November 28 at 3 p.m. CST, now the long journey back home begins
NASA Goes All Astronaut Snoopy on New York During Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
25 Nov 2022, 11:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA makes an impressive appearance during Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in New York with Astronaut Snoopy, a huge representation of the Orion zero-g indicator
Moon Waves USAF Thunderbird Goodbye on Orion Orbital Insertion Day
25 Nov 2022, 08:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USAF photo taken during the KC Air Show in Kansas serves a dual role: waves the team goodbye for 2022, and honors Orion's orbital insertion burn
Orion Spaceship Ready to Orbit the Moon, It’ll Take Six Days to Start Heading Home
25 Nov 2022, 07:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Orion Artemis I spaceship is getting ready for lunar distant retrograde orbit, it'll take it six days to get on course back to Earth
NASA Briefly Lost Contact With Orion, Spaceship Moving Deeper Into Space
24 Nov 2022, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Latest NASA update on the Artemis I mission talks of brief communications loss with the Orion spaceship and the capsule moving deeper into space
Here’s Snoopy Floating Inside the Orion Spacecraft, No Sign of Shaun the Sheep
22 Nov 2022, 10:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shows images from inside the Orion spaceship currently making its run around the Moon, Campos Moonikin astronaut dummy and Snoopy visible
Launch Pad Mics Record Artemis I Launch, Get Ready to Be Stunned
22 Nov 2022, 06:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Space cinematographers Cosmic Perspective give us another feel at the Artemis I launch, this time focus on the sounds of the rocket's engines
NASA's Orion Spacecraft Makes Its Closest Approach to the Lunar Surface
21 Nov 2022, 23:38 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's Orion spaceship completed its first lunar flyby. The capsule passed at just 81 miles above the surface of the Moon, making its closest lunar approach
Orion Spaceship Hours Away From Lunar Outbound Burn, Here’s Where to Watch
21 Nov 2022, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Orion spaceship is about to embark on its long journey past the satellite, just five days into its over 25 days mission.