Moon Mission

Orion’s triumphant return. Gif: NASA/Gizmodo The uncrewed Orion spacecraft performed a flawless splashdown in the Pacific Ocean earlier today, in what is a very promising and exciting start to the Artemis era of lunar missions. A recovery team led by NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems is in the midst of recovering…

by Jeff Foust — December 11, 2022 The Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean Dec. 11 to conclude the Artemis 1 mission. Credit: NASA Updated at 5:45 p.m. Eastern after post-splashdown briefing. WASHINGTON — Fifty years to the day after the last Apollo moon mission touched down on…

After a 26-day mission that took it on a historic journey around the moon, NASA’s next-generation Orion capsule has returned to Earth. The uncrewed spacecraft had a "picture perfect splashdown" Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego at 12:40 p.m. E.T., according to officials. The capsule’s return marked the…

NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, west of Baja California, at 9:39 a.m. PST Sunday after a record-breaking mission, traveling more than 1.4 million miles on a path around the Moon and returning safely to Earth, completing the Artemis I flight test...Read More

Home News Spaceflight Update for Dec. 11, 4:30 pm ET: NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft successfully splashed down today, Dec. 11, and appears in good shape as recovery teams work to retrieve the spacecraft. You can see NASA's recovery teams at work above without commentary. It is expected to take…

Live coverage of the flight of the Space Launch System moon rocket and Orion spacecraft on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission . Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV's live coverage of Orion splashdown Watch Orion recovery operations Read More

The mission will take off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida Published: Sun 11 Dec 2022, 9:35 AM Last updated: Sun 11 Dec 2022, 8:50 PM On Sunday, 11.38am UAE time, the rover blasted off into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…

Unlike the Apollo era, the who and what of Artemis II and III is very different. Picture NASA It is scheduled to splash down at 4.40am AEDT Monday off the coast of California. While the Apollo missions only took three days, Artemis took the scenic route so to speak. The…

Home News Spaceflight Update for Dec. 11, 12:50 pm ET: NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft successfully splashed down today, Dec. 11, and appears in good shape as recovery teams work to retrieve the spacecraft. NASA will wait about 2 hours to retrieve Orion from the ocean as part of a…

Home News Spaceflight A view from inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 9, 2022, as the mobile launcher approaches, carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 vehicle.. (Image credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky) The huge tower that supported the epic liftoff of NASA's Artemis 1 moon…