As humanity's first trip to the moon in over 50 years, Artemis II was a special mission that sent four astronauts farther from Earth than anyone had gone previously. This was Artemis's first crewed ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The USS John P. Murtha returned to Naval Base San Diego Saturday morning following a historic mission supporting NASA’s Artemis II program, bringing with it the Orion ...

The Artemis II astronauts are back on Earth, ending a historic flight that pushed the boundaries of exploration and laid a successful foundation for future moon-landing missions. Americans Reid ...

NASA’s Orion program is being led by a Washington state native who is helping shape the next phase of the agency’s push to return humans to the moon. Howard Hu, NASA’s Orion program manager, grew up ...

When the Orion spacecraft returned from its first lunar trip on the uncrewed Artemis I mission in 2022, it suffered major damage to the spacecraft’s heat shield coating. That raised the crew safety ...

Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, left, and Commander Reid Wiseman steer the Orion spacecraft during a demonstration on Flight Day 1 in space. Credit: NASA The tracker turns a complex deep space mission ...

This is how the four astronauts sleep, use the bathroom and work out during their 10-day mission to the moon and back. Anna Gragert Senior Editor, Health and Home Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was ...

Surrounded by a vast dark expanse, huddled in sleeping bags with three of your friends in a space the size of a five-person tent. This isn’t a camping trip ‒ it’s life on Orion ‒ the spacecraft ...

NASA’s Artemis II crew fired the Orion spacecraft’s main engine, committing the mission to a trajectory toward the moon just one day after launching into deep space. The translunar injection burn, ...

Victor Glover, a former Navy test pilot, carefully maneuvered the Orion capsule in space around a discarded rocket stage. The demonstration is crucial for future moon landing missions. By Kenneth ...

The Orion spacecraft that’s taking the four Artemis II astronauts around the moon and back is the largest crewed capsule ever sent beyond low Earth orbit – with habitable space roughly equal to that ...