A budget-writing panel in the House of Representatives passed a $24.8 billion NASA budget bill Tuesday, joining a similar ...

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is on the move! Recently transported to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility, it’s now being fueled ...

The U.S. government's "One, Big Beautiful Bill" Act finds funding for Artemis and Lunar Gateway, but nearly half of NASA's ...

NASA tested a boilerplate version of the Orion spacecraft in December 2014, launching it to an altitude of nearly 6,000 km. From that orbit Orion reentered Earth's atmosphere at a velocity of 9 km/s.

The Orion spacecraft has had quite the journey to the moon and back. Five days after launching on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on Nov. 16, it reached the moon, ...

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope captured the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft when it was about 342,000 km (212,508 mi.) away. On the same day, Orion delivered an amazing view of itself and the ...

Upon Orion's dip back into the atmosphere after its skip, the spacecraft will slow to about 300 mph to deploy its parachutes. Orion will then slow to about 20 mph just before splashdown.

Since taking off aboard the Space Launch System rocket last Wednesday, NASA’s Orion spacecraft has had a remarkably smooth journey.But it’s far from over. While millions of Americans prepare ...

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 ...