In this theoretical scenario, there may not be enough propellant to actually slow down and enter a lunar orbit as originally intended. In which case, Orion could simply make a loop around the far ...

Artemis 2 follows on from the successful Artemis 1, which sent an uncrewed Orion capsule to lunar orbit and back late last ...

Axiom Space, the Houston-based space services company selected by NASA to design, build and furnish the spacesuits for the ...

For Artemis 3, it is now expected that Orion will dock directly to the HLS spacecraft in either NRHO or another lunar/cislunar staging orbit.) Docking is not a favored option because it carries ...

Japan may soon join a very exclusive club as its privately-led Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander went into orbit around the ...

An asteroid three times the size of the one that blew out windows in Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 will zip by Earth at half ...

The dark gra y coverings aside, I felt that this was the suit I needed to see—something discernibly 21st century and even a ...

The first Artemis mission, Artemis I, launched with no crew aboard in November, testing the Orion capsule that will carry astronauts to lunar orbit and back to Earth. The mission was a success ...

“Wherever the moon is in its orbit around the Earth, it is always half lit up by the sun.” Patel told Live Science. The same goes for the Earth – half of us experience daylight while the ...