It's meant as a test: Astronauts on the ISS will test the toilet out before NASA installs an upgraded version on its Orion spaceship, which is slated to fly a crew to the moon as early as 2023.

NASA is studying the addition of an Orion rendezvous demonstration to the Artemis 2 test flight to reduce overall mission risks to the subsequent Artemis 3 lunar landing from first-time operations.

While NASA pushes it Space Launch System (SLS) to make a mid-2020 debut, Orion also needs to find solutions to both match the realigned targets and achieve key objectives before the second flight ...

On NASA's Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under the agency's Artemis campaign, astronauts will take the controls of the Orion spacecraft and periodically fly it manually during ...

March 7 (UPI) --NASA on Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission ...

NASA has given reporters a look at a spacecraft and a rocket to be used to orbit the Moon as part of the US-led international lunar exploration program, Artemis. The Orion module and the rocket ...

NASA showcased advancements in its Artemis II mission as SpaceX deals with the aftermath of its Starship explosion. Kirk Shireman, Lockheed Martin's Orion program manager, expressed his enthusiasm ...