The Orion crew module is designed ... within a 330-cubic-foot habitable area. Jones said Sunday's recovery team will also hustle to try to recover the capsule's three main parachutes for ...

The Orion capsule on that mission ... “The storm shelter is a very tight area used for storing crew supplies,” said lead study author Stuart George, scientist within the Space Radiation ...

NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from ... also helping to pinpoint the splashdown area. All that unfolded in spectacular fashion, Nelson noted, allowing for Orion’s safe ...

The Orion spacecraft took five days to ... the Pacific Ocean in pre-dawn darkness, in an area where sharks were known to feed before sun-up. The crew had to wait in their stultifyingly warm ...

An artist’s conception shows the Orion ... the crew module. Each of the auxiliary engines produces 105 pounds of thrust to help Orion maintain its in-space trajectory and supplement the ...

Further inspections will be conducted once Orion is back at Kennedy by month's end. If the capsule checks find nothing amiss, NASA will announce the first lunar crew amid considerable hoopla in ...

After the primary and secondary structure is assembled, then tubing is welded in a “clean room” area ... Orion crew module and crew module adapter are also taking shape in the IOZ next to ...

Further inspections will be conducted once Orion is back at Kennedy by month's end. If the capsule checks find nothing amiss, NASA will announce the first lunar crew amid considerable hoopla in ...