An era-defining spaceflight is about to come to an end as the Artemis II astronauts get closer and closer to Earth following a trailblazing moon mission. For the past nine days, the world has watched ...

The Artemis II crew is returning to Earth after a historic mission around the moon. The Orion spacecraft is scheduled for a water landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. This mission ...

As the Orion spacecraft hurtles home, friction caused by re-entry into Earth's atmosphere will drastically decrease its speed from a potential 25,000 miles per hour (40,000 kilometers per hour). But ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — You can experience the end to the historic Artemis II mission with others. The Cosmosphere is hosting a watch party for the splashdown Friday night. The Orion spacecraft is ...

Today’s Orion spacecraft splashdown and crew recovery operation marked a major milestone moment in NASA’s deep space ...

Computational FSI analysis of the Orion spacecraft parachute final design. The three-parachute cluster at different instants during the FSI simulation. When NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down in the ...

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — Artemis II began its 10-day journey around the moon from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026. The mission will be ...

The Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight to the moon in over 50 years, is preparing to conclude its journey. The crew made history with the first woman, Black man, and Canadian to fly near the ...

Jared Daum, an aerospace engineer at Johnson Space Center, is parachute system manager for Artemis II All crewed spacecraft throughout history have used parachutes during landings, says Daum The Orion ...