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

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.

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

Death, taxes, and the gravitationally bound return of the Artemis II mission on Friday evening. These are the only certainties in life. Even if the four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft ...

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

NASA’s historic return to the moon with Artemis II is gonna be a wrap tonight as the Orion spacecraft is on its way to a ...

On its way to and from visiting the Moon, the 33 engines of the ESA’s European Service Module are keeping Orion on track, as ...

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 ...

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.

Artemis II’s long journey to the moon and back is expected to end with a glorious splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Friday ...

Friday is the last day of the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon and back, and it's a jam-packed schedule for the crew ...