EDWARDS, Calif. – The Orion crew module that will be used for the first launch abort system Pad Abort 1 flight test is scheduled to depart NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center Aug. 19 for the White ...

Credit: Structural test article for European Service Module: Thales Alenia Space A duplicate of the service module that the European Space Agency (ESA) will provide as its contribution to NASA’s Orion ...

The Lockheed Martin and NASA Orion team has secured the 2,700 lb. Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) Orion crew module into its structural assembly tool, also known as the birdcage. The crew module is the ...

NASA’s Orion crew module recently reached a significant milestone in preparations for the Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed flight to the moon since Apollo. Engineers successfully conducted a ...

Pablo de Leon, department chair of Space Studies at UND, reacts as a NASA space capsule used during a launch abort test at Wallops Island, Va., is set down at the UND Lunar/Mars Habitat site Monday, ...

TL;DR: NASA has completed its assessment of the cracked heatshield on the Orion module and determined that Artemis II astronauts will be safe without requiring a redesign. NASA has wrapped up a ...

NASA is working with Orion spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin to resolve a handful of issues that came up late last year during ground testing, forcing the space agency to delay the launch ...

NASA put its Orion spacecraft to the test ahead of its planned journey to the Moon. The space agency simulated the extreme conditions the capsule may experience during a launch abort scenario when it ...

No, this is not Dr. Frankenstein's lab, but rather the Space Environments Complex, where NASA's Orion test article underwent a key jettison test. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) successfully completed test recovery operations of NASA’s Orion test article, Jan. 23. The Underway Recovery Test-6 (URT-6) is part ...