NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry and sustain the crew on Artemis missions to the Moon and return them safely to Earth. Orion will launch on NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System, and provide emergency abort capability.
The Moon rises behind NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher at...
A closeup view of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with the launch abort system atop secured to NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 and the...
The Moon is seen behind the SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on January 28,...
The Moon rises behind NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher at...
NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, inside the Vehicle...
NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex...
Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team prepare for integration to attach the agency’s Orion spacecraft on top of the...
Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team transport NASA’s Orion spacecraft fully assembled with its launch abort system out of...
Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team transport NASA’s Orion spacecraft fully assembled with its launch abort system out of...
Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team use a crane to lift and secure NASA’s Orion spacecraft on top of...
A crane returns NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft to the Final Assembly and System Testing (FAST) cell inside the Neil...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout...
The Artemis II crew (from left to right) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; Christina Koch, mission specialist;...
On April 4, 2024, teams lift the Artemis II Orion spacecraft into a vacuum chamber inside the Operations and Checkout...
Technicians work on final closeout tasks inside the crew module of the Artemis II Orion spacecraft, where the crew will...
NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket...
Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team prepare for integration to attach the agency’s Orion spacecraft on top of the...
Technicians work on the Artemis III Orion crew module inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center...
Technicians with NASA and Lockheed Martin operate a 30-ton crane to move NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft out of the...
The Artemis II Orion spacecraft is lifted from the Final Assembly and System Testing (FAST) Cell and placed in the...
The four solar array wings for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft are installed inside the Operations and Checkout Building at...
The Orion Crew Module, also known as the Orion Environmental Test Article (ETA), prepares for testing by installing the Forward...
jsc2025e004086 (Jan. 30, 2025) --- The Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian...
The Orion CM (Crew Module) or Orion ETA (Environmental Test Article) is passed through the vacuum chamber on its way...
The European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Artemis II mission is lifted by crane and moved along the center aisle...
The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission received its latest makeover. Teams adhered the agency’s iconic “worm” logo and...
Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems attached the fourth and final ogive fairing for the launch abort system of the...
The Launch Abort System and the Orion Crew Module, also known as the Orion Environmental Test Article (ETA), returned to...
In this view looking down in High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, the...
