The new system, known as the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications system, or O2O, will allow astronauts aboard Orion to ...

Draper Technologies was also crucial to the first moon landing, developing the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) and systems ...

NASA's Artemis II mission is a key turning point for lunar exploration, moving us from the short-term ‘flags and footprints’ ...

In 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon's surface - a momentous engineering and science feat marked ...

Utilizing the most powerful rocket ever built, the Space Launch System (SLS), the Orion capsule is currently executing its ...

Attached to the Orion spacecraft is a key piece of technology developed over decades in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Modern space exploration is driven as much by processors as it is by rockets. And it remains the ultimate test of our ...

Fiber-optic cables on the moon could detect moonquakes, offering a simpler way to study lunar activity and support future ...

"In contrast to the Apollo missions, which entered lunar orbit at around 100 km (62 miles) altitude, Artemis II will conduct ...

The Murriyang radio telescope in Parkes, NSW broadcast the moon landing in 1969 and is now observing the Artemis II lunar mission ...

NASA is poised to launch four astronauts on an 800,000km journey around the moon on the furthest manned space flight in ...

A defence and space company is reshaping its strategy, focusing towards higher-margin segments while building a pipeline tied to long-term opportunities.