For the Artemis I mission, NASA's Orion spacecraft was decked out with 12 folding and adjustable solar panels, built by ESA. Here's why they're unique.

The Orion spacecraft will build upon over half a century of spaceflight science to carry humanity beyond the limits of the Earth's orbit, back to the moon, and to Mars.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches the Moon — in pictures. ... The brunt of that braking energy will be borne by Orion’s heat shield, ... interstellar visitor seen blazing through our Solar System.

Orion marks a step change in spacecraft computing, ... and the spacecraft will be bombarded by high-energy cosmic and solar radiation. ...

The module is a crucial element for the Orion spacecraft, made out of 20,000 parts and components that include engines, solar panels, fuel tanks, and several miles of cables and tubing.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission was successfully recovered on December 11, 2022, off the coast of Baja California. Regan Geeseman/NASA Radiation worries ...

Expertise Solar, solar storage, space, science, climate change, deregulated energy, DIY solar panels, ... NASA hopes to launch an unmanned Orion spacecraft around the moon in 2020.

Europe will power the NASA spacecraft that take astronauts to a new international outpost and forward to the Moon, following decisions made by ESA Member States at Space19+ in Seville, Spain. The ...

NASA's Project Orion, which was initiated in 1958, proposed propelling a spacecraft by detonating a series of atomic bombs behind the vehicle, a concept known as nuclear pulse propulsion. You may like ...

Detectors inside Artemis I’s Orion capsule show how much radiation exposure its mannequins underwent and how effective a “storm shelter” inside the capsule could be.