The Orion module is expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.

When the Artemis II four-person crew left Earth’s orbit, they were protected by a computing system designed to move beyond simple redundancy (a la the Apollo missions) to a fail-silent architecture.

The splashdown will conclude the crew's 685,000 mile flight that began 10 days ago and marked the first manned flight to the ...

Like everyone else, the astronauts who spend months on the International Space Station need some down time. And as it turns ...

Heat endurance will test spacecraft as it rips through the air like a meteor Friday en route to the Pacific Ocean ...

When to see NASA’s Artemis astronauts splashdown after their 10-day moon mission, but not before their Orion spacecraft heats to 5,000°F during a 16-minute blackout.

Donald Trump has hailed the astronauts of the Artemis II mission, saying they have “made history and made all of America ...

How will the Artemis II water landing go near California? Here's everything to know before the historic moon mission comes to ...

NASA's Artemis II crew, having traveled farther than any astronauts before, is returning to Earth after a successful mission.

Inside mission control, each desk, or console, is labeled with a neon blue sign and its officers handle a subsystem on the ...

When the Orion spacecraft returned from its first lunar trip on the uncrewed Artemis I mission in 2022, it suffered major damage to the spacecraft’s heat shield coating. That raised ...