It controls Orion’s attitude, or the direction the spacecraft is pointing. If the crew wants to point Orion’s nose left, the RHC is twisted left – for nose right, they will twist the RHC right.

Orion, the capsule that will carry the Artemis 2 astronauts on a mission around the moon and back, has been officially handed over to NASA. The agency took possession of Orion from the spacecraft ...

NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft continues on the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that ...

Well, you’re in luck then, as NASA has just shared a video with lots of juicy details on how to fly the Orion spacecraft. Orion has already traveled around the moon once, in the Artemis I ...

Now that they have the Orion, NASA's people will look to load propellants, water, and oxygen on board, and they'll soon move to get the ship ready for launch on top of the Space Launch System (SLS ...

The Artemis I mission - a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions - came to an momentous end as NASA's Orion spacecraft made a successful ...

NASA’s 322-foot rocket system did its job early Wednesday, propelling the Orion spacecraft into orbit a few minutes after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center. Orion successfully separated from ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin officials pose together during a handover ceremony for the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 1, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/Cory S. Huston ...

Lockheed Martin handed off the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission that looks to fly four astronauts around the moon no later than April 2026.

President Donald Trump's proposed budget looks to end the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and Gateway space station that are central to NASA's existing Artemis program — but only ...

Here’s how it works. The Orion spacecraft for NASA's Artemis 2 astronaut mission was officially handed over to NASA for launch processing on May 1, 2025. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin) ...