NASA's Artemis 2 mission — the first-ever crewed mission of the Orion capsule and Space Launch System (SLS) — is targeting a ...

NASA's Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fueled up and going through ...

South Korea's KASA is just one international space agency that will fly cubesats on the mission; Germany's DLR will also ...

The Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2, set to fly around the moon in 2024 with a crew of four, saw its crew and service modules joined at NASA on Oct. 19.

As for the Artemis 2 mission, Free said the Orion capsule, its European-built service module and the Space Launch System rocket are all on track for launch by the end of 2024.

Artemis 2 will be a shakedown mission for humans to go around the moon on the new Orion spacecraft. Its crew says they want to pave the road for moon landing missions.

Artemis 2's mission calls for Orion to loop around the moon to prepare for future landings, but not to touch down itself. RELATED STORIES: — Artemis 2 astronauts simulated a day in the life on their ...

NASA and Freelancer announced on 15 August the 25 finalists in the “Moon Mascot: Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge.” The toy chosen will float inside Orion once microgravity begins.

An uncrewed Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2022, following a 26-day trip to the Moon and back as part of the Artemis 1 mission.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis 2 (right), Artemis 3 (left) and Artemis 4 (center) missions are stationed next to each other at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Now that Orion has returned to Earth, it's time to prepare for Artemis 2, but it's going to take longer than you'd probably expect. Orion splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, Dec. 11.

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is one step closer to its ambitious goal of sending astronauts around the Moon. According to recent ...