Articles about Orion

Carlos Garcia-Galan with Artemis 1 imagery

The Pacific Northwest’s Artemis workforce celebrates past and future moonshots

REDMOND, Wash. — Space industry contractors in the Seattle area had their turn in the spotlight this week during a… Read More

Illustration: Orion engine firing during lunar flyby

Aerojet Rocketdyne wins $67M contract for Orion thrusters built in Seattle area

Aerojet Rocketdyne says it’s received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion… Read More

NASA’s round-the-moon odyssey comes to successful end with Orion splashdown

NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule passed its final exam today, surviving a fiery atmospheric re-entry and splashing down in the Pacific… Read More

Orion's view of lunar surface with a crescent Earth in the distant background.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft zooms around the moon and sets a course for splashdown

NASA’s Orion capsule fired its main engine for three and a half minutes today during a close approach to the… Read More

Orion capsule watches the moon eclipse Earth at farthest point of Artemis odyssey

Halfway into its 25.5-day uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, NASA’s Orion capsule today recorded a weird kind of Earth-moon eclipse, reached… Read More

NASA’s Orion capsule goes into a far-out orbit around the moon, setting a record

NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule successfully executed an engine burn to enter an unusual type of orbit around the moon on… Read More

NASA’s Orion capsule circles the moon, capturing views that’ll make you feel giddy

NASA’s Orion capsule rounded the moon today, marking a crucial milestone in a weeks-long Artemis 1 mission that’s preparing the… Read More

Third time’s the charm: NASA launches SLS mega rocket on Artemis 1 moon trip

NASA succeeded spectacularly in the third attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket on an uncrewed round-the-moon mission that’s… Read More

NASA scrubs second try to launch moon rocket due to persistent hydrogen leak

NASA called off today’s attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket due to a hydrogen leak encountered during the… Read More

NASA reschedules moon rocket’s launch for Saturday as it checks data from first try

One day after the first launch of NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket had to be scrubbed due to an… Read More

Problem with rocket engine forces NASA to reschedule first launch of moon rocket

A plumbing issue on a rocket engine has forced a postponement in the first launch of NASA’s most powerful rocket… Read More

Find out how to watch NASA’s mammoth moon rocket lift off, and why it’s a big deal

Update: NASA scrubbed the initial launch attempt for Artemis 1 due to a problem with an engine on the Space… Read More

While NASA gets set for its first Artemis moon mission, Aerojet is working ahead

REDMOND, Wash. — When NASA’s Space Launch System rocket sends an uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond the moon and back for… Read More

Space Launch System rocket at Launch Complex 39B

NASA announces a challenging schedule for inaugural launch of its SLS moon rocket

If all goes according to plan, NASA could launch its heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket on its first flight around… Read More

Aerojet Rocketdyne signs on the bottom line to build hardware for moon missions

REDMOND, Wash. — Representatives of Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin put their signatures on a contract for up to $170… Read More

NASA’s Orion spacecraft program gets a multibillion-dollar vote of support

NASA says it’s ordering three more Orion spacecraft for missions to the moon, at a cost of $2.7 billion —… Read More

NASA considers shifting a key test flight beyond the moon to commercial rockets

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told a Senate hearing today that his agency is looking into an option to double up… Read More

Systima wins a contract to supply hatch mechanisms for NASA’s Orion spaceship

Systima Technologies says it’s been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems to provide pyrotechnically actuated hatch mechanisms for… Read More

2020 or bust? GAO watchdogs foresee further delays for orbital spaceships

The Government Accountability Office issued a downbeat report on NASA’s major space projects today, saying that cost and schedule performance… Read More

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Orion engineers win a Silver Snoopy and other NASA accolades

REDMOND, Wash. — One of NASA’s most celebrated awards was handed out today, but it didn’t go to an astronaut. Instead,… Read More

NASA says it’s OK for VP Mike Pence to touch that hardware marked ‘Do Not Touch’

You know that viral photo of Vice President Mike Pence putting his hand on a piece of space hardware marked… Read More

NASA decides against putting crew on first SLS rocket launch, now delayed to 2019

NASA has broken the news to the White House and the world that speeding up the first crewed flight of… Read More

NASA looks into sending astronauts on a trip beyond the moon as early as 2019

NASA and its commercial partners say they’re studying the possibility of sending astronauts beyond the moon years earlier than planned, by… Read More

18,300 applicants face 1-in-2,000 chance of being picked for astronaut job at NASA

You think it’s hard to get into Harvard? Try making an impression when you’re among the record-high group of 18,300 people… Read More

NASA’s giant rocket will carry solar sail, a lunar flashlight and more mini-satellites

NASA says it’ll send 13 miniaturized satellites – including a pop-up solar sail and a “lunar flashlight” – beyond Earth… Read More

NASA’s Orion deep-space capsule is now officially a shiny object: Here’s why

NASA has released new artwork that reflects the latest look for its Orion deep-space crew vehicle – and it’s highly reflective.… Read More

NASA’s Orion test a smashing success, Mars one step closer

Exploring, and perhaps one day establishing a colony on Mars, just got a little bit closer to reality today thanks… Read More