Work has been progressing steadily on all three main parts of Orion – the service module, the crew module and the launch abort system – and this month the service module joined the launch abort system ...

The powerhouse that will help NASA’s Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during Orion flight to the Moon on ...

Technicians perform final work on the service module for the Orion EM-1 mission at an Airbus factory in Bremen, Germany. Credit: ESA/A. Conigli BREMEN, Germany — The first European-built service ...

Designed to carry astronauts farther into space than ever before, NASA’s next-generation Orion space capsule is one step closer to its first mission around the Moon. One key component of Orion is ...

NASA has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the latter to supply service modules for NASA’s Orion manned spacecraft, due to launch in 2017. The modules will use technology ...

NASA has put a key component of its Orion deep-space probe through its paces, conducting a static firing of the spacecraft's service module's main engine at the space agency's White Sands Test ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Enough speakers to fill three tractor-trailers soon will pummel a spaceship in Littleton with powerful sound waves. While this may sound like an aggressive ...

The power plant that will propel NASA’s first Orion crew capsule around the moon is on its way across the pond from Europe to Kennedy Space Center. At Airbus facilities in Bremen, Germany, on Friday, ...

MICHOUD, La.—Look at NASA’s high-profile Orion spacecraft, and you may get a funny feeling of familiarity. While the modern crew vehicle recently made its big screen debut in the Oscar-nominated The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Orion crew capsule is one step closer to its next flight. The crew module of Orion, which is scheduled to fly around the moon on a 2018 test flight, arrived at NASA's ...

BREMEN, Germany — The first European-built service module for NASA's Orion spacecraft is finally ready to be shipped to the United States for final preparations before a scheduled mid-2020 launch. At ...