Orion Spacecraft - NASA
Mar 1, 2024 · On Artemis missions, Orion will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion will launch on NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System.
What is Orion? - NASA
Orion will launch on NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System. More powerful than any other rocket ever built, SLS will be capable of sending humans to an asteroid and eventually to Mars.
Orion (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Capable of supporting a crew of four beyond low Earth orbit, Orion can last up to 21 days undocked and up to six months docked. It is equipped with solar panels, an automated docking system, and glass cockpit interfaces modeled after those used in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Nasa's Orion spacecraft: A guide - BBC
Nov 10, 2021 · Orion is Nasa's new spaceship for humans, designed to visit destinations such as the Moon and Mars. Here's our guide to America's replacement for the space shuttle.
Meet NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
Jul 7, 2022 · On NASA’s Artemis missions, a unique spacecraft will take flight. Orion, NASA’s newest spacecraft built for humans, is developed to be capable of sending astronauts to the Moon and is a key part of eventually sending them on to Mars. An uncrewed Orion will be tested on Artemis I and travel 40,000 miles past the Moon, farther than any ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour Is Now Fully Stacked and Mated, …
Jan 31, 2024 · With Endeavour’s detachment from the gigantic, 450-foot crane and metal sling just after midnight, today marks the official completion of the complex, six-month, multi-phase process. The 20-story space shuttle exhibit will be the star attraction of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.
Return to flight: NASA's Artemis 1 mission to launch using space ...
Aug 25, 2022 · More than a decade after NASA landed its last space shuttle, parts from all five orbiters are set to launch again, this time to the moon. Components from 83 shuttle missions are on Artemis 1.
Nasa's Orion spacecraft: A guide - BBC News
Nov 10, 2021 · Orion is Nasa's new spaceship for humans, designed to visit destinations such as the Moon and Mars. Here's our guide to America's replacement for the space shuttle.
China Unveils New Prototype Space Shuttle To Restock Tiangong Space …
Story by James Felton. • 17m. C hina has unveiled the design for its new reusable space shuttle, set to ferry cargo between Earth and the country's Tiangong Space Station. While we hear a lot ...
The secretive X-37B space plane is headed back into orbit ... - NBC News
Dec 9, 2023 · The uncrewed vehicle, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, is slated to blast off Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a 10-minute launch window that opens at 8:14 p.m. ET.