Orion crew safely back on Earth following historic lunar flyby

Four astronauts and their Orion space capsule arrive home after record-setting 700,000-mile journey to the moon and back ...
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NASA’s Artemis II computing system designed to survive multiple hardware failures

The NASA Artemis II mission relies on a computing system built to remain operational under extreme conditions and hardware faults. Unlike the Apollo program, where onboard computers handled limited ...
Ars Technica

Orion helium leak no threat to Artemis II reentry but will require redesign

Apart from pesky issues with the spacecraft’s toilet and waste disposal system, most of the Artemis II mission has proceeded like clockwork. NASA has made few changes to the flight plan since the ...
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NASA says Artemis II heat-shield data could set the pace for Artemis IV

When four astronauts strap into the Orion capsule for Artemis II, the mission NASA now targets for April 2026, they will carry a responsibility that reaches well beyond their own flight. The ...
Brainerd Dispatch

Artemis moon mission a 4-year endeavor for Brainerd grad

Branelle (Cibuzar) Rodriguez, a 2000 BHS graduate, is a NASA engineer and Orion Program spacecraft vehicle manager for the Artemis program. Branelle Rodriguez crouches inside an Orion spacecraft ...
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Artemis II’s return to Earth will test Orion’s biggest flaw: the heat shield that keeps its astronauts safe

(CNN) — As four astronauts complete their historic trip around the moon in NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft, they’ll be testing a known flaw — one that had some experts urging the space agency ...