This deceleration allows NASA to pinpoint Orion's landing near the coastline, making it easier to recover the spacecraft's crew. Artemis 1 was NASA's first attempt at a skip reentry with a human ...

NASA is studying the addition of an Orion rendezvous demonstration to the Artemis 2 test flight to reduce overall mission risks to the subsequent Artemis 3 lunar landing from first-time operations.

The crew would transfer to Orion and fly it home to Earth for splashdown. The astronauts for Artemis-III will be selected later this year while the landing sites will be chosen after NASA ...

NASA is targeting 2026 for the Artemis II, the first launch of Orion around the Moon with an American-Canadian astronaut crew. Nelson said the first Moon landing with astronauts is targeted for ...

And Artemis 3, a crewed moon landing that had been targeted for late 2026, is now scheduled for mid-2027. The extra time is needed primarily to finish prepping the Orion capsule for its first-ever ...

WASHINGTON – Apparent issues with the heat shield, designed to protect astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft ... place no earlier than 2026, with a landing happening no earlier than 2027.

NASA's SLS, exploration ground systems, and Orion spacecraft, along with the human landing system, next-generation spacesuits, Gateway lunar space station, and future rovers are NASA's foundation ...

The United States is pushing back its planned return to the moon from 2026 to "mid-2027" as it deals with heat shield issues and other troubles plaguing its Orion crew capsule, NASA officials said ...

During the Artemis I mission, the Orion spacecraft experienced an unexpected ... to how heat shields for crewed returns from lunar landing missions are manufactured, to achieve uniformity and ...