The GAO determined that 14 of 18 NASA projects assessed were within cost and schedule margins during fiscal 2025, but four programs—led by the Orion deep-space crew capsule—are over budget by a total ...

When NASA's Artemis I mission successfully launches into space and begins its journey around the moon in 2022, there won't be ...

The Earth and moon are within view of NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft. The Earth is over 260,000 miles away (418,000 km) in ...

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope captured the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft when it was about 342,000 km (212,508 mi.) ...

NASA has taken possession of the Orion spacecraft for Artemis II, marking the first crewed lunar mission hardware since Apollo 17. Artemis II, targeting launch by April 2026, will send four ...

Lockheed Martin handed off the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission that looks to fly four astronauts around the moon no later than April 2026.

BREVARD, Fla. — NASA's Artemis I mission to deep space and back is nearing its conclusion as the uncrewed Orion spacecraft sailed past the moon Monday morning committing it to the final leg of ...

NASA said the heat shield investigation and other issues with the Orion spacecraft have delayed the Artemis II launch until April 2026, a slip of seven months from the previous launch date in ...

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.

NASA intends to use its Orion capsule to send astronauts to the moon, but a report has found that issues with the capsule's heat shield could be a safety risk. Skip to main content.

That issue was one of three with Orion that NASA cited in January as reasons for delaying Artemis 2, the first crewed Orion mission, from late 2024 to no earlier than September 2025.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis 2 (right), Artemis 3 (left) and Artemis 4 (center) missions are stationed next to each other at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.