Amid what some call a new space race, the historic journey around the moon tested a spacecraft that had never before been ...

Fifty-six years ago, after a tense race to save the Apollo 13 crew, the astronauts finally splashed down safely. Here’s what ...

In a fitting parallel, Artemis II broke the deep-space distance record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. The Orion capsule reached a maximum distance of 252,756 miles from Earth before looping behind the moon ...

When to see NASA’s Artemis astronauts splashdown after their 10-day moon mission, but not before their Orion spacecraft heats to 5,000°F during a 16-minute blackout.

On its way to and from visiting the Moon, the 33 engines of the ESA’s European Service Module are keeping Orion on track, as ...

Before his death, Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell recorded a message for the Artemis II crew, who broke his Apollo 13 record.

But Apollo 13 was never supposed to set a record. The crew were just trying to get home, and their only way back to Earth was ...