NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft has gone through a critical step in its preparation for launch. Three spacecraft adapter ...

The arrival of the second Orion European Service Module (ESM) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in October signified the beginning of months of final assembly of the first crewed Orion spacecraft ...

Airbus Defence and Space is in the home stretch of work to ship the first European Service Module (ESM) to its Florida launch site for integration with the rest of the hardware for NASA’s Orion ...

The solar array wings, attached to the service module, deploy after Orion reaches space to power the spacecraft. Orion's service module provides propulsion, thermal control, and electrical power ...

components connecting the service module with the capsule, and the power distribution system. The thermal shield of the Orion capsule is marked by hundreds of potential vulnerabilities.

The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side boosters inside the agency's Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida. SLS will launch ...

Astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch tour the Arc Jet Facility at NASA's Ames Research Center, learning more about the ...

Meanwhile, the Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module have been stacked and configured for flight and are waiting their move to the VAB from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout ...