Nasa's new Orion spacecraft made a 'bull's-eye' splashdown in the Pacific today following a dramatic test flight that took it twice around Earth in 4.5 hours. The spacecraft, which could someday take ...
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NASA's Orion mission, which will put man on Mars in the 2030s, had its first successful test flight in December. Reuters When NASA astronauts depart Earth’s atmosphere for Mars, they’ll do so in a ...
It will not quite be the 'seven minutes of terror' that spacecraft trying to land on Mars have to endure, but NASA's Artemis I mission still faces a risky and anxious re-entry to Earth's atmosphere ...
The US space agency Nasa is all set to bring home its Orion capsule. The spaceship, which has been on a three-week journey around the Moon, is targeting a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off ...
“Houston, we’ve had a problem,” were the words of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell when an explosion crippled the spacecraft and threatened the lives of the crew ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Years late and billions over budget, NASA’s new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top. The 322-foot (98-meter) ...
The spaceship, which has been on a three-week journey around the Moon, is targeting a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off California. Uncrewed for this test flight, the capsule is expected to carry ...