The rocket is about to traverse four miles to the launchpad — at about 1 mph.

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some experts are worried about the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.

With the completion of its assembly and testing of the first Orion spacecraft set to fly astronauts to the moon, Lockheed Martin transferred possession of the Artemis 2 capsule to NASA's ...

NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft continues on the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that ...

The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.

Orion could launch as early as February 2026, but that is in the most optimistic of scenarios. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Orion Integrity spacecraft connected with the SLS rocket, readying for historic crewed journey to the Moon "Integration of SLS and Orion represents a major milestone in our progress on Artemis ...

Before NASA can decide a rocket launch date for Artemis 2, the giant SLS rocket has to ace a critical fueling test known as a ...