Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Progresses Toward Artemis II Moon Mission

As 2026 nears, NASA continues moving forward to launching and flying Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign, no later than April next year. NASA’s Orion spacecraft, complete with its launch abort system escape tower, is now integrated with the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at […]

Posted November 20, 2025

I Am Artemis

Artemis

Artemis 3

Orion Program

I Am Artemis: Diamond St. John

Listen to this audio excerpt from Diamond St. John, engineer working on the Artemis III heat shield for the Orion Program at Lockheed Martin: For four-generations, Diamond St. John’s family has been supporting human spaceflight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted September 26, 2025

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Langley Research Center

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Secures Critical Abort System Hardware for Artemis II

All the pieces are stacking up – literally – for NASA’s first crewed mission of the Artemis program coming in 2026. Teams are finishing integration of the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II test flight with its launch abort system on Sept. 17 inside the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]

Posted September 19, 2025

General

Artemis

Artemis 2

Biological & Physical Sciences

Earth's Moon

Human Research Program

Humans in Space

Lunar Discovery & Exploration Program

Lunar Science

Artemis II Crew Both Subjects and Scientists in NASA Deep Space Research

With Artemis II, NASA is taking the science of living and working in space beyond low Earth orbit. While the test flight will help confirm the systems and hardware needed for human deep space exploration, the crew also will be serving as both scientists and volunteer research subjects, completing a suite of experiments that will […]

Posted September 11, 2025

Artemis 2

Artemis

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Invites Media to View Artemis Moon Rocket, Spacecraft at Kennedy

Media are invited to see NASA’s fully assembled Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft in mid-October before its crewed test flight around the Moon next year. The event at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will showcase hardware for the Artemis II lunar mission, which will test capabilities needed for […]

Posted September 10, 2025

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Johnson Space Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA, DoD Practice Abort Scenarios Ahead of Artemis II Moon Mission

NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD) teamed up June 11 and 12 to simulate emergency procedures they would use to rescue the Artemis II crew in the event of a launch emergency. The simulations, which took place off the coast of Florida and were supported by launch and flight control teams, are preparing NASA […]

Posted June 13, 2025

I Am Artemis

Orion Program

I Am Artemis: Ernesto Garcia

Listen to this audio excerpt from Ernesto Garcia, Rayotek Scientific LLC engineering manager: My name is Ernesto Garcia, and I am an engineering manager at Rayotek Scientific LLC in San Diego, in charge of fabricating the windowpanes for the Orion spacecraft. Fabricating Orion’s windowpanes entails a very strict manufacturing process.

Posted June 10, 2025

Johnson Space Center

Artemis

Orion Program

People of Johnson

Laser Focused: Keith Barr Leads Orion’s Lunar Docking Efforts

Keith Barr was born only months before the historic Apollo 11 landing in 1969. While he was too young to witness that giant leap for mankind, the moment sparked a lifelong fascination that set him on a path to design technology that will carry astronauts farther into space than ever before. Today, Barr serves as […]

Posted June 10, 2025

Artemis

I Am Artemis