In this theoretical scenario, there may not be enough propellant to actually slow down and enter a lunar orbit as originally intended. In which case, Orion could simply make a loop around the far ...

NASA's 25-day-long Artemis 1 mission, which sent an uncrewed Orion capsule to lunar orbit and back. It also made the SLS the ...

The Artemis 1 mission took three mannequins and a host of research to lunar orbit and back in the human-rated Orion capsule.

The U.S. space agency launched the megarocket to orbit for its Artemis I mission on November 16, where it slinged the ...

10 strange things NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft took to the moon NASA's uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, the first of the ...

The NASA Space Launch System (SLS) performed a successful first test flight on November 16, 2022. This article discusses the ...

The huge SLS passed its first test with flying colors, and it's good to go for its next mission: Artemis II, carrying a crew ...

In contrast, there is nothing at all in lunar orbit: nothing to use ... It’s to give its Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion capsule programs something to do. The utility of such activity ...

The astronauts would spend a week on the moon before boarding Starship to return to lunar orbit, then take Orion back to Earth. Musk's company SpaceX is also due to launch the foundational ...

The space agency has said that it will send the first woman and the first person of color to the lunar surface ...

NASA is currently on a mission to get back to the moon. So here are a selection of images of the moon in all its glory.