WASHINGTON — Flames shot more than 100 feet high in a successful 5.5-second ground test firing Thursday, Nov. 20, of a launch abort motor for NASA’s next generation spacecraft, the Orion crew ...

WHITE SANDS, N.M. — NASA’s White Sands Test Facility has awarded a contract to Denco, Inc. of Las Cruces, N.M., for the construction of launch site facilities for the Orion Launch Abort System flight ...

NASA put its Orion spacecraft to the test ahead of its planned journey to the Moon. The space agency simulated the extreme conditions the capsule may experience during a launch abort scenario when it ...

NASA's Orion spacecraft is one step closer to carrying humans into space today. The agency confirms that all systems performed perfectly(Opens in a new window) during ...

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NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket is getting ready to send four astronauts from Earth on a journey around the Moon in 2026. Engineers have upgraded the agency’s Moon SLS rocket inside ...

Pablo de Leon, department chair of Space Studies at UND, reacts as a NASA space capsule used during a launch abort test at Wallops Island, Va., is set down at the UND Lunar/Mars Habitat site Monday, ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA is poised to disassemble the Orion crew module test unit at its Dryden Flight Research Center here in preparation for transfer to the U.S. Army’s White Sands ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Quentin Schwinn An uncrewed Orion spacecraft successfully traveled thousands of ...

NASA will advance an ascent abort test of the Orion capsule while the agency readies for a late 2019 or early 2020 Space Launch System (SLS) debut, a program manager tells Aviation Week. Ascent Abort ...

WASHINGTON, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to support abort flight test requirements for the Orion Project. The Air Force has contracted ...