Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The heat shield is on the underside of the spacecraft, where it will protect the Artemis II crew upon entry into Earth's ...

Just before plunging back through Earth’s atmosphere, Orion spacecraft’s crew module separated from the European-built ...

After a successful launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening, the Artemis II crew of four is headed to the moon on their 10-day journey. That power came from two solid rocket ...

The agency will unveil the Artemis III crew members in a broadcast event from the Johnson Space Centre, Houston, on 9 June ...

The exact timing and precise location of the crew’s splashdown in the Orion spacecraft could change in the days leading up to reentry as the Artemis II crew hits mission milestones. At this time, NASA ...

More than a week after launching on the farthest journey humans have ever taken, the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission is en route to splash back to Earth on Friday evening. The high-speed, ...

Following their historic lunar flyby, the Artemis II crew is nearing the end of their 10-day mission, which will conclude Friday with the most intense phase of any astronaut's journey: reentry into ...