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.

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.

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.

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service ...

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) can be seen with the naked eye as it orbits Earth, and can be tracked with a helpful app.

Until now. In March, a spacecraft captured the first-ever clear images of the sun's south pole, which the European Space Agency released Wednesday, June 11. “We reveal humankind’s first-ever ...