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By Elizabeth Howell Published
The Orion spacecraft had a brief power issue on Sunday (Dec. 4) but did complete its planned engine burn to return home as planned today.

By Mike Wall Published
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion capsule finished a crucial engine burn during a flyby of the moon on Monday morning (Dec. 5).

By Elizabeth Howell Published
Luckily, the launch abort system wasn't needed during the Artemis 1 launch to the moon. But the view its departure left behind looks just like a moment from 'Interstellar' or 'Star Wars'.

By Meghan Bartels Published
Two major NASA missions that have launched in the past year are revealing a communications weakness in space.

By Brett Tingley Published
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft successfully completed a roughly two-minute lunar departure burn on Thursday (Dec. 1) to begin heading home after successful lunar orbits.

By Mike Wall Last updated
NASA's Orion capsule will perform a crucial engine burn to depart lunar orbit Thursday (Dec. 1) at 4:54 p.m. EST, and you can watch the action live.

By Mike Wall Published
NASA's Space Launch System megarocket hit all of its marks during its first-ever liftoff two weeks ago, agency officials said.

By Mike Wall Published
NASA's Orion spacecraft hit the halfway point of its historic Artemis 1 moon mission in fine form.
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