Lockheed Martin officials handed over the "keys" to the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft to NASA, marking the start of its processing for launch.
NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the interim cryogenic propulsion stage is added to the launch vehicle.
Orion, the next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon, has been delivered to NASA for prelaunch preparations ahead of Artemis 2's planned 2026 liftoff.
At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, the liquid hydrogen tank for the Artemis 3 Space Launch System rocket was moved into the factory's final assembly area on April 22, 2025.
NASA engineers tested the functionality of Orion's forward bay cover, which is the last component of the spacecraft that must be ejected before parachutes deploy to land.
NASA released a set of photos highlighting the newly arrived HALO module for Gateway, a small space station that the agency aims to launch to lunar orbit in 2027.
NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher and higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS stage adapter and interim cryogenic propulsion stage arrive in the VAB.
One of the first two modules that will form NASA's Gateway platform in orbit around the moon has arrived at its last stop before the launch site.
Bangladesh has added its name to the growing list of Artemis Accords signatories, continuing NASA's efforts to establish internationally cooperative space exploration.
The future of lunar exploration never looked more colorful, or so square. "The Next Giant Leap," a pair of moon-themed quilts, debuted at the Kennedy Center's Earth to Space festival in Washington.