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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has called on NASA to reevaluate its plans for the Artemis missions . Members ...

They will travel inside a spacecraft called Orion, specially designed to protect human crew members and experiments in space. NASA, via Associated Press In November 2022, NASA launched the Artemis ...

Artemis I launched the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon in 2022. Artemis II, planned for late 2025, will carry astronauts on a lunar orbit mission without landing. Artemis III aims to ...