At 7:05am Eastern time (12:05pm UK time) this morning, NASA's Orion spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. This will be the first test flight for Orion, which will ultimately take ...

NASA's Orion blasts off from Cape Canaveral. The Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft sits on the launch pad awaiting lift off from the Cape Canveral Air Force Station in Cape ...

With its deep-space data relay network performing better than expected, NASA has set up a live video stream from the Orion capsule as it heads toward lunar orbit.

The Orion Spacecraft is set to be splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego around 11:40 a.m. following its flyby of the moon.

NASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See live mission updates here.

There were no problems with the new crew capsule itself, NASA said Thursday afternoon. Its electronics systems started perfectly, and Orion was ready to go when booster issues scrubbed the launch.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a critical outbound flyby burn to ensure it is placed into orbit around the moon on Monday and, along the way, shared incredible views of Earth and the backside o… ...