The creator of the futuristic Orion capsule, the only spacecraft capable of speeding aeronauts to the Moon, is set to begin ...

NASA’s Artemis II crew boarded the Orion spacecraft on December 20, 2025, for a countdown demonstration test, rehearsing launch-day procedures at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

American space agency NASA conducted a full rehearsal of the launch day procedures for the Artemis II mission scheduled to ...

Based on repeated stops and starts seen on NASA's countdown clock, the complex test originally planned for late November, ran ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The Space Coast is certainly buzzing that NASA's biggest launch in years in just days away. "It's almost like the old days again," said Pat Looney, general manager of the ...

NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year.

The spacecraft stood there gleaming on the launchpad as the countdown began, the numbers ticked off by a cool, measured voice. On NASA TV, the audibly giddy voice of the announcer took over, his voice ...

NASA's first test launch of Orion, the craft that may one day carry astronauts to Mars, had to be scrubbed on Thursday morning after a stray boat, high winds and a valve problem on one or more of the ...

At 7:05am Eastern time (12:05pm UK time) this morning, NASA's Orion spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. This will be the first test flight for Orion, which will ultimately take NASA ...