But the bones of the operation have not changed, said Judd Frieling, one of the Artemis II flight directors, who spoke from mission control to reporters on Saturday. Every spacecr

HOUSTON, When four astronauts strap into NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years, their safety will depend not just on the vehicle but on a layered network of engineers,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's first lunar campaign in five decades since the Apollo era came to an end should be a little more technologically advanced than its 1960s-70s counterpart. The U.S. space agency has ...

On this historic day, CW39 was granted rare access to the White Flight Control Room inside NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for a behind-the-scenes look at Mission Control.

In high-stakes roles, NASA launch and mission control teams on the ground will keep the Artemis II astronauts safely on track during a 10-day journey around the moon.

NASA granted KPRC 2’s Gage Goulding rare access inside Mission Control at Johnson Space Center as the Artemis II crew travels toward the moon, offering a firsthand look at the team responsible for guiding the historic mission.

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As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago.

Recent footage from inside the control room circulated widely on social media, showing a small plush figure of Artemis, the white cat character from the Sailor Moon series, placed on a desk. The scene also included a staff member wearing a Sailor Moon- themed lanyard featuring protagonist Usagi Tsukino.

The next-generation Orion spacecraft, which will take astronauts to the Moon for the first time in over 60 years, is so full of new tech that NASA reportedly needed a new control room just to manage it. The new Mission Evaluation Room will allow in-depth ...

Jennifer Madsen is playing a key role in the Artemis II mission from the Johnson Space Center in Houston — the heart of NASA's spaceflight operations.