Posted on · The space agency unveils two new spacesuits for a planned 2024 return to the moon. They're designed to be more comfortable and easier to move around in than their Apollo-era forerunners.
Posted on · Houston Matters producer Joshua Zinn takes us inside the Orion capsule to learn how NASA's next missions to the moon will eventually lead to Mars.
Posted on · The craft comes out of NASA's latest efforts to explore deep space
Posted on · The agency is testing every aspect of how crew members will exit the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down following future deep space missions.
Posted on · Houston Matters digs deeper into the spate of recent healthcare sector layoffs, NASA tests the splashdown procedure for its Orion space capsule off the coast of Galveston, and we talk with film composer Hans Zimmer.
Posted on · NASA says it's simulating a splashdown of its Orion spacecraft in Virginia, this time with crash test dummies, as it prepares to eventually send humans to Mars.
Posted on · "Houston Matters" spoke with Ellen Ochoa, a former astronaut and current director of the Johnson Space Center, about the state of NASA and the future of manned spaceflight — and its connection to Houston.
Posted on · Space City watched closely this morning as, following several delays due in part to high winds and a sticky rocket valve, NASA scrubbed today’s launch of the Orion capsule aboard an unmanned Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA hopes to launch Orion tomorrow. Once launched, Orion will orbit the Earth from a height […]
Posted on · Space City watched closely this morning as, following several delays due in part to high winds and a sticky rocket valve, NASA scrubbed today’s launch of the Orion capsule aboard an unmanned Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA hopes to launch Orion tomorrow. Once launched, Orion will orbit the Earth from a height […]
Posted on · Originally scheduled to launch at 6:05 a.m., but because of wind and technical issues, NASA has delayed the launch to later in the morning and that window has now closed.