Apart from pesky issues with the spacecraft’s toilet and waste disposal system, most of the Artemis II mission has proceeded like clockwork. NASA has made few changes to the flight plan since the launch of the lunar flyby mission on April 1. But ground ...

When four astronauts strap into the Orion capsule for Artemis II, the mission NASA now targets for April 2026, they will carry a responsibility that reaches well beyond their own flight. The performance of Orion’s heat shield during the roughly 25,000 ...

John Cliff from Oak Ridge National Laboratory will discuss planetary imaging and 'lucky imaging' at the ORION program.