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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA’s Artemis II crew got a first look at the Orion spacecraft that will take them for an orbit around the moon. On Tuesday, NASA astronauts commander Gregory Reid ...

3.9K. Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin has the spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis III and IV lunar landing missions in production alongside the Artemis II vehicle that is going into final ...

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen pose with their Orion spacecraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA's crewed Artemis II mission to the moon has been delayed from September 2025 to April 2026. NASA officials announced the delay at a news conference on Thursday, also noting that the Artemis ...

On May 27, the Orion spaceship for Artemis II was powered up for the first time, and it’s currently undergoing a three-part test, scheduled to last several months.

NASA has started testing the Orion spacecraft that will take four astronauts on a voyage around the moon as part of the Artemis II mission currently scheduled for 2025.

NASA's flight commander for the Artemis II lunar mission, Reid Wiseman, explains what the crew will be testing on the Orion spacecraft.

When the crewed Artemis II mission makes its lunar flyby in late 2024, we’ll be able to see video of the moon like never before — and it’s all thanks to lasers.. The Orion spacecraft will ...

As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, a groundbreaking lunar laser communications test is set to take place, signaling a new era of space data transmission. This collaboration with The ...

Assembly on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft that will carry the first Artemis crew on its lunar-bound mission continues at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 5, 2021. Located in the ...

Orion program engineers talk in front of the Artemis II crew capsule being assembled at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Sunday, August 28, 2022. The capsule will carry astronauts on a mission to ...