NASA just released photos of the Orion spacecraft that will send four astronauts around the moon on the Artemis 2 mission, which will lift off no earlier than September 2025.

As of early Saturday (Nov. 19), the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft was 216,391 miles (348,247 kilometers) from Earth, 93,048 miles (149,746 km) from the moon and cruising through space at 995 mph ...

The Orion capsule looks very similar to the smaller capsules used in the 1960s (Credit: Nasa) Crowded, smelly and seasick – life inside Nasa’s new spacecraft won’t be much fun.

Orion is currently on a trajectory home after a successful 1.3-million-mile journey to the moon and back that saw it fly the furthest any spacecraft designed to carry humans has ever traveled.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches the Moon — in pictures. The capsule isn’t carrying any astronauts. ... Orion’s interior — where four astronauts will sit the next time it flies, ...

At the time, the uncrewed Orion spacecraft was more than halfway to the moon. Earth in black and white A black-and-white image of Earth captured by Orion’s optical navigation camera.

According to a large team of technical and health specialists, astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will be well protected from radiation when the Artemis II mission travels to the moon and back ...

NASA’s Orion space capsule is not a place you would describe as “roomy.” The not-quite-cone-shaped spacecraft is about 12 feet across on the inside, and, aside from the center that slants up ...

The Artemis 1 demonstration mission ended with a Pacific Ocean splash on December 11, but the task of evaluating the returned capsule, including its heat shield and internal payloads, has only begun.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft crew and service modules that will transport astronauts around the moon on the Artemis II mission have been joined at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.