On its way to and from visiting the Moon, the 33 engines of the ESA’s European Service Module are keeping Orion on track, as explained in this video. The crew has also tested manual piloting and plans ...

The Orion spacecraft’s service module, which sits at the base of the silvery gumdrop-shaped crew capsule, detached and is falling away, likely never to be seen again as it falls into the ocean. Trump ...

The four Artemis II astronauts, returning from the world's first crewed moon voyage in over half a century, hurtled back toward Earth on Friday. Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic, 93-79, in Game ...

Apart from pesky issues with the spacecraft’s toilet and waste disposal system, most of the Artemis II mission has proceeded like clockwork. NASA has made few changes to the flight plan since the ...

WASHINGTON — The Artemis 2 mission is set for a final, fiery test when the spacecraft reenters April 10 ahead of a splashdown off the California coast. Artemis 2 will wrap up a mission lasting a ...

The Artemis II mission is a success for the European Space Agency, as well as for NASA. Will Europe crew its own lunar missions? As the Orion spacecraft heads back to Earth and towards the conclusion ...

Death, taxes, and the gravitationally bound return of the Artemis II mission on Friday evening. These are the only certainties in life. Even if the four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft ...

Orion consists of two main parts: the US crew module, which is usually also referred to as Orion, and the European Service Module (ESM). The crew module resembles the shape of the Apollo spacecraft ...

UPDATE for 9 p.m. ET: NASA's Orion spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth to return its Artemis 2 astronauts to Earth. See video and photos of the Artemis 2 splashdown in our wrap story. See ...

The four astronauts of Artemis II, who have circled the moon and traveled farther in space than any human in history, will finish their epic 10-day voyage on April 10 with a risky high-speed reentry ...

With the service module left behind, the crew capsule then begins entering the Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 40,000 km/h. As air compresses in front of the capsule, it creates a plasma fireball ...