But despite the obvious geometric similarities, Orion is a very different spacecraft than Apollo, with a different, if overlapping mission. While Apollo aimed solely at the Moon, Nasa expects Orion to ...

TORONTO – One look at NASA’s Orion spacecraft and you immediately think of the Apollo capsule that took humans to the moon. Apollo was 3.9 metres in diameter. Orion will be 5 metres. So that means ...

NASA archives confirm Apollo 18, 19, and 20 were canceled due to budget and diminishing returns. Multiple fact-checks and analyses conclude the “spaceship” is likely just a natural lunar ridge—and ...

Workers open the glass case enclosing the Apollo 16 lunar capsule at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Following a break in routine maintenance because of ...