News Archive / Tagged: Orion

• Locked and Loaded: Artemis I’s muscle delivered to KSC

  SpaceFlight InsiderJune 16th, 2020

  NASA, still riding high on regaining the ability to launch astronauts to low-Earth-orbit is now preparing to turn the dial up to eleven. LEO is nice and all - but flying to the Moon is way better. The agency is pulling this pieces to achieve just that.

• Artemis I Orion completes environmental testing at Plum Brook Station

  Michael ColeMarch 14th, 2020

  SANDUSKY, OHIO — NASA’s Orion spacecraft, due to fly the Artemis I lunar mission, has completed its final round of testing at NASA’s Plum Brook Station testing facility in Sandusky, Ohio.

• Artemis I Orion spacecraft advancing through tests at Plum Brook Station

  Michael ColeJanuary 31st, 2020

  SANDUSKY, OHIO -- Testing is fully underway on the Orion spacecraft for the upcoming Artemis I test flight mission at NASA's Plum Brook Station testing facility in Sandusky, Ohio. The Orion crew capsule, integrated with its European Service Module, is currently inside the facility's Space Environments Complex undergoing thermal vacuum tests in the largest thermal vacuum chamber in the world.

• Orion spacecraft progressing toward Artemis 1 flight

  Michael ColeJuly 4th, 2019

  PLUM BROOK, Ohio -- NASA is making important strides with the Orion spacecraft in preparation for the Artemis 1 mission, the next step in the agency's effort to return humans to the Moon.

• Gallery: Ascent Abort 2 paves way for Artemis lunar program

  Jason RhianJuly 2nd, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a test that lasted about three-minutes, called Ascent Abort-2, a test article of the Orion spacecraft was launched at 7 a.m. EDT (11:00 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 46 in Florida. A modified Northrop Grumman Peacekeeper missile procured through the U.S. Air Force was used to help demonstrate that the capsule's crew abort system would perform as designed in the event of an emergency encountered on ascent.

• Lockheed Martin unveils Orion-based Moon lander concept

  Heather SmithApril 11th, 2019

  Lockheed Martin unveiled designs for a lunar lander that could be built quickly to meet the vice president's challenge to return humans to the Moon by 2024.

• NASA head answers agency questions about ‘Moon by 2024’ goal

  Derek RichardsonApril 2nd, 2019

  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told the agency what it'll take to accomplish the Trump administration's goal of returning humans to the Moon by 2024.

• NASA studying option to fly Orion EM-1 on commercial rockets

  Derek RichardsonMarch 14th, 2019

  The head of NASA told senators the first SLS flight would again be delayed and the agency is “considering all options” to get the program back on track.

• NASA makes strides to support a sustainable deep space exploration system

  Curt GodwinMarch 11th, 2019

  While recent interest has been aimed at the progress of the Commercial Crew Program, NASA is making steady headway with its deep space exploration programs.

• NASA wants speedy development of commercial lunar landers

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 15th, 2019

  NASA emphasized speed and openness in an industry forum for the development of commercial lunar landers to get cargo and humans to the Moon’s surface.

• NASA seeking proposals for human-rated lunar lander systems

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 9th, 2019

  With SLS and Orion in the latter stages of development, NASA wants to work with industry to develop a human-rated lunar lander by the mid-to-late 2020s.

• NASA personnel feeling the pain after 35-day shutdown ends

  Cullen DesforgesJanuary 26th, 2019

  After 35 days, the partial U.S. government shutdown has ended. Now thousands of government employees are able to return to work, including those at NASA.

• Orion’s Ascent Abort-2 Crew Module delivered to KSC

  Jason RhianDecember 7th, 2018

  The Crew Module of NASA's Orion spacecraft has arrived at KSC in Florida. Its journey began at Johnson Space Center and will be used to further the agency's deep space exploration ambitions.

• Antares not the only thing grounded by recent nor’easter

  Jason RhianNovember 19th, 2018

  The planned Nov. 15 flight of the NG-10 mission to the ISS was delayed two days while NASA waited for a powerful storm to pass. The mission wasn't the only thing held back by bad weather however.

• Laser communications modem being developed for NASA’s Orion spacecraft

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 12th, 2018

  An optical modem capable of sending HD video at significantly-greater rates than standard radio frequency systems is being developed for NASA’s Orion spacecraft.