Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...

The Lockheed Martin Orion is the latest arrival of a human-rated spacecraft slated to take humans beyond the bounds of Low Earth Orbit and close to the surface of another heavenly body. But for all ...

What’s with the Allergy to Patriotism? The Rise of the Dearborn Democrats Audio By Carbonatix The Artemis II crew is now six and a half days into their mission to the moon and back. Having rounded the ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) will recover the Orion space ...

Throughout its journey around the moon, the Artemis II mission has frequently drawn comparisons to an early predecessor – Apollo 8. That flight, in December, 1968, marked the first time humans circled ...

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 ...

No-one will have been further from home than the Artemis astronauts. But as the Earth shrinks ever smaller in their rear-view mirror, they've had a constant connection with mission control in Houston, ...

Earth as seen from the Orion capsule in a new image taken last week No-one will have been further from home than the Artemis astronauts. But as the Earth shrinks ever smaller in their rear-view mirror ...

This week, Artemis II took off from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, making its four astronauts the first people to have gone beyond low-Earth orbit in more than half a century.

More than three million people tuned in to watch NASA's official launch, broadcast across two YouTube streams. During the livestream, some eagle–eyed fans spotted something unusual, around 19 minutes ...