SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Orion space capsule that brought North American astronauts around the moon and back in a historic mission has left San Diego and is headed on a cross-country trip back to ...

Post-recovery inspections revealed that the Artemis II Orion heat shield had suffered less ablation and damage than the heat shield used on Artemis I. Credit: Matt Hartman As preparations for NASA’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

WASHINGTON — The first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years successfully concluded with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean April 10. The Orion spacecraft Integrity splashed down in ...

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 carrying NASA’s Artemis II crew pierces Earth’s atmosphere on Friday evening, it will be traveling at nearly 25,000 mph. Within minutes, a precisely choreographed sequence of ...

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 ...

In a little more than 24 hours, the Orion module that housed the astronauts of the Artemis II mission will come splashing back down to Earth, thus completing the mission. Earth returns and splashdowns ...