NASA’s Orion crew module recently reached a significant milestone in preparations for the Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed ...

The two modules that will fly NASA’s first solo Orion flight into lunar orbit and back are going through standalone testing in the lead up to becoming a mated spacecraft. The Crew and Service ...

In August 2006, Lockheed Martin won the contract to design and build Orion—what NASA calls a ... the abort system would jerk the crew module away from a malfunctioning booster like a cork ...

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is set up back at home in its final assembly cell at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida following its last major pre-launch development test.