The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. In its center ...

NASA identified more than 100 locations where ablative thermal protective material was liberated during its speedy reentry.

NASA finally knows what caused the erosion of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield following its historic trip to the Moon in 2022, but the space agency is not telling, at least not yet.

Newborn stars are surrounded by disks of gas and dust within which planets are born, known as protoplanetary disks. In the ...

when NASA's inspector general watchdog issued a report that included the first publicly available images of the Orion heat shield's condition after splashdown. Another report released by the ...

began manufacturing the Orion crew module in 2011 and delivered it in July 2012 to NASA's Kennedy Space Center where final assembly, integration and testing was completed. (Photo by Jabin Botsford ...

NASA has determined why the Orion heat shield lost more material than expected on the Artemis 1 mission but won’t disclose details until after it completes more tests.

Orion's selfie with Earth and the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA's Orion spacecraft might have successfully traveled to the Moon and back, but its equipment wasn't fully stable throughout the journey.

NASA is speeding up communications in space with experiments aboard the International Space Station, Orion spacecraft and more. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Kamala Harris Gets Good News in ...

Here, in no particular order, are the 30 best Webb images we've seen to date. Among the very first things NASA did with the .

A new GAO report says Orion's program costs are now 25.2% ahead of the original baseline and account for two thirds -- or $2.9 billi Lockheed Martin's 2014 annual report cover featured the Orion ...