The space agency paid homage to the Apollo missions and Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon."
The Orion spacecraft landed in the Pacific on Sunday, bringing the historic lunar mission to a close.
After 25.5 days in space and 1.3 million miles traveled, Orion is back home following the thrilling debut of NASA’s Artemis program.
The Artemis 1 spacecraft is returning from its historic trip to the Moon, with splashdown scheduled for Sunday, December 11 at 12:40 p.m. ET.
NASA’s Artemis 1 trek to the Moon is coming to a close, but for the capsule recovery team, its mission is just about to begin.
New photos from Orion offer spectacular views of the Moon and lunar environment, the likes of which haven't been seen in decades.
Orion's return flyby burn began today at 11:43 a.m. ET, during which time ground controllers temporarily and expectedly lost contact with the capsule.
NASA, in addition to lauding its new megarocket, released a jaw-dropping supercut of the Artemis 1 launch.
The course correction maneuver occurred on Thursday afternoon, setting the stage for a second up-close lunar flyby.
The uncrewed capsule smashed the Apollo 13 record on Saturday and is now on course to set a new distance standard for passenger spacecraft.
The space agency began the process of parking its Artemis 1 spacecraft in a distant retrograde orbit at 4:52 p.m. ET on Friday, November 25.
The Callisto tech demonstration aboard Orion features an iPad that’s currently displaying messages sent from Earth.
Orion captured the new images during its recent flyby, when the uncrewed capsule came to just 80 miles of the lunar surface.
It was a scary and unexpected 47 minutes, but NASA managed to restore communications with its uncrewed Artemis 1 capsule.
NASA's Orion reached the Moon earlier this week, in what has been a fascinating start to the Artemis 1 mission.
The low-cost Luna-H Map cubesat failed to fire its thruster during a planned lunar flyby, but NASA says all is not lost.
The most powerful operational rocket in the world blasted off last week, causing all sorts of damage to the launch pad. NASA officials don't seem to be worried.
Four of 10 cubesats that launched last week have experienced serious problems, with one failing outright and the remaining three likely doomed as well.
As expected, NASA lost contact with the spacecraft for 34 minutes as Orion passed behind the Moon.
NASA's Moon-bound capsule has no shortage of cameras, a number of which have important jobs to do.
