Following the first human journey around the moon in more than half a century, all eyes will be on the heat shield that will protect the crew as they return to Earth — a heat shield, which was damaged ...

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some experts are worried about the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.

Casey Handmer is an Australian-born physicist, engineer, entrepreneur, and pilot renowned for his pioneering work at the intersection of astrophysics and sustainable energy. Holding a PhD in general ...

As the Orion, the world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, counts down to circumnavigating the Moon, that trek could be the forerunner to a cascade of Mars missions in the 2030s. Shown here is a ...

The creator of the Orion capsule, the only spacecraft now capable of reaching lunar orbit, is set to open Moon treks to spacefarers worldwide. Shown here are U.S. Navy divers helping recover the Orion ...

Scheduled to launch in February 2026, the Artemis II Orion capsule and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are currently at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final integration and stacking. The Artemis ...