spacecraft

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He singled out the Orion spacecraft - named Integrity - and the Space Launch System as a symbol of what international partnership can still produce.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

In the 1980s, we heard about the space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that would be used for Earth-to-orbit missions, including eventually to the International Space Station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Artemis III will launch a crew into low Earth orbit and evaluate the rendezvous and docking capabilities between the agency’s Orion spacecraft and SpaceX or Blue Origin’s landers—or both of those vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Around Earth, the agency plans to test docking procedures between its Orion spacecraft and the lunar landers that will carry astronauts from the moon’s orbit down to its surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

That point, called the azimuth, is where the process of bringing the spacecraft down to the landing point would begin.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson