Instead Of An Aircraft Carrier, This Ship Will Recover The Orion Spacecraft

The U.S. Navy doesn’t have a nuclear-powered carrier available, but the USS John P Murtha is well-suited to the recovery ...

How much more elbow room does Artemis II's Orion have than Apollo?

Orion's interior space is equivalent to that of two minivans, NASA says. That's a lot more breathing room than space capsules ...

OTD in space – March 31: NASA approves Gemini spacecraft design

On March 31, 1962, NASA approved the design of the new Gemini spacecraft. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

John Glenn, Mercury astronauts contributed to capsule design

ST. LOUIS • John Glenn not only circled the Earth in a Mercury capsule, he and the other Friendship 7 astronauts greatly influenced its design. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a ...

Mercury scout mission concept with solar sail propulsion

The planet Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and also the most difficult for spacecraft to visit and explore. This is ...

From Mercury to Artemis: The evolution of mission control

Space missions can succeed or fail from the support they get from mission control. Here, we look at the changing shape of ...