It’s the first time humans will be on board the Orion spacecraft, a version of which flew to the moon without crew on the ...

We saw that the cost-plus contracts that NASA had been using to develop the combined SLS and Orion system worked to the contractor’s rather than NASA’s advantage.” We found the cost-plus contracts ...

In a further indication of Congress' position on the SLS and Orion programs, lawmakers set aside more than $4 billion for the ...

By eventually eliminating the SLS rocket and Orion, officials suggest an annual savings of $879 million. To date, NASA's SLS has launched once on an uncrewed mission back in late 2022.

The OIG in a 2023 audit warned that by the time Artemis III finally flies, NASA will have spent more than $93 billion across its various facets including SLS, Orion and Exploration Ground Systems.

The president's expected signature would be an about-face worth potentially billions of dollars to north Alabama’s space economy.

Expected to fly no earlier than September 2025, Artemis 2 will use the SLS to send a crew of four aboard an Orion spacecraft on a 10-day mission looping within 4,600 miles (7,400 km) of the Moon.

Almost 4,000 NASA employees have volunteered to leave their positions through two Trump administration separation programs.

By eventually eliminating the SLS rocket and Orion, officials suggest an annual savings of $879 million. To date, NASA's SLS has launched once on an uncrewed mission back in late 2022.

This isn’t an SLS issue. Orion was only designed for a one-way trip to the Moon (the return segment). No current day launch vehicle has the endurance to deliver Orion to LLO, as originally planned.

Multiple launches: A lunar Dragon mission might require 2-3 Falcon Heavy launches for the capsule, service module, and fuel1. Potential cost: $300-450 million for launches, plus $200-300 million for ...