The Orion spacecraft is designed to carry astronauts to the moon and land in the ocean when it gets back. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not ...
The next astronaut moon crew did some pool practice to simulate their splashdown in the open water. When their mission comes to an end after their Orion spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere, the ...
It may have been more of a plop than a giant splash, but NASA’s latest impact test for its next-generation Orion spacecraft will nevertheless provide engineers with plenty of useful data as it ...
Before walking on the moon, future astronauts may go for a swim. The famed Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has trained hundreds of spacewalkers since 1992 ...