SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The USS John P. Murtha returned to Naval Base San Diego Saturday morning following a historic mission supporting NASA’s Artemis II program, bringing with it the Orion ...

In a little more than 24 hours, the Orion module that housed the astronauts of the Artemis II mission will come splashing back down to Earth, thus completing the mission. Earth returns and splashdowns ...

When the Orion spacecraft returned from its first lunar trip on the uncrewed Artemis I mission in 2022, it suffered major damage to the spacecraft’s heat shield coating. That raised the crew safety ...

The Artemis 2 crew of (from left) Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen and Victor Glover with the Orion capsule they flew on the mission after splashdown. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls COLORADO ...

President Donald Trump signs executive orders following the House’s passage of a Department of Homeland Security funding agreement. by Holly Menino,KOMONewsAnchor NASA’s Orion program is being led by ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Artemis II crew performed a special burn of the Orion capsule on Thursday evening. This critical burn is the last step to sending the four astronauts on a flyby of the moon.

Surrounded by a vast dark expanse, huddled in sleeping bags with three of your friends in a space the size of a five-person tent. This isn’t a camping trip ‒ it’s life on Orion ‒ the spacecraft ...

WASHINGTON — The first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years successfully concluded with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean April 10. The Orion spacecraft Integrity splashed down in ...

When the Orion spacecraft carrying NASA’s Artemis II crew pierces Earth’s atmosphere on Friday evening, it will be traveling at nearly 25,000 mph. Within minutes, a precisely choreographed sequence of ...

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — For engineers behind the Orion spacecraft, Friday wasn’t about celebration — it was about waiting. As four astronauts made their way back to Earth after circling the moon, ...