Orion Spacecraft
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NASA's Orion capsule buzzes Moon, sends pics of 'pale blue planet' Earth
Science | Nov 22, 2022, 11:59 AM ISTNASA Artemis Moon Mission: Video of the looming moon and our pale blue planet more than 230,000 miles (370,000 kilometers) in the distance left workers “giddy" at Houston's Johnson Space Center,
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NASA to conduct water-drop tests for its Orion spacecraft structure on Tuesday
Science | Apr 04, 2021, 06:48 AM ISTNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will air live its series of impact tests on the crew capsule of its Orion spacecraft to check how it responds to splashing into the water, the space agency has said.
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NASA tests abort system for Orion crew capsule designed to carry astronauts to moon
Jul 02, 2019, 10:49 PM ISTNASA aims to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024 using its still-in-development Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket. Tuesday's test represents "a really great, great step forward today for the team," Mark Kirasich said.
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NASA assessing possibilities of manned Orion mission to orbit moon
World | Feb 25, 2017, 06:12 PM ISTUS space agency NASA is considering to assess the feasibility of sending humans to space with the first flight of the Space Launch System rocket as it aims to orbit the Moon. NASA is building
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NASA's giant leaps to space in 2014
World | Dec 27, 2014, 02:38 PM ISTWashington: Apart from Orion's test flight towards Mars, cutting-edge scientific discoveries while studying the Earth and space and preparing for the next generation of air travel were some of the highlights for US space agency
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NASA postpones launch of new spacecraft
World | Dec 05, 2014, 06:32 AM ISTWashington: A valve malfunction on the Delta IV rocket meant to carry NASA's new Orion spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an unmanned test flight forced the postponement of the launch.Mission engineers at the Kennedy
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NASA's Mars spacecraft ready for test flight
World | Nov 01, 2014, 12:22 PM ISTWashington: The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has fully assembled the Orion spacecraft for a test flight on December 4.Orion is scheduled to be launched aboard a Delta IV heavy rocket
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NASA human spacecraft set for December flight
World | Sep 12, 2014, 11:30 AM ISTWashington: NASA's Orion spacecraft - built to take humans farther than they have ever gone before - is now ready for fueling.The Orion crew module, stacked atop its service module, moved out of the Neil