{"id":361165,"date":"2026-02-03T03:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=5028c7cf2f695c3110931f446b0554c0"},"modified":"2026-02-03T03:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:02:44","slug":"nasas-orion-spacecraft-at-launch-pad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=361165","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Orion Spacecraft at Launch Pad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1153\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?w=1153\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Orion spacecraft is white and cylinder-shaped with a pointed nose at the top. It rests above the SLS rocket, part of which (the orange part) can just barely be seen at the bottom of the photo. Behind Orion and the SLS is a gray gantry with scaffolding and balconies.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg 3936w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=169,300 169w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=768,1365 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=576,1024 576w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=864,1536 864w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=1153,2048 1153w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=225,400 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=338,600 338w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=506,900 506w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=675,1200 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ksc-01172026-artemis-ii-rollout-20orig.jpg?resize=1126,2000 1126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1153px) 100vw, 1153px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Brandon Hancock<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/orion-spacecraft\/\">Orion spacecraft<\/a>, which will carry the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-ii\/\">Artemis II<\/a> crew around the Moon, sits at the launch pad on Jan. 17, 2026, after rollout. It rests atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. Orion can provide living space on missions for four astronauts for up to 21 days without docking to another spacecraft.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/top-five-technologies-needed-for-a-spacecraft-to-survive-deep-space\/\">Advances in technology for deep space travel<\/a>&nbsp;such as life support, avionics, power systems, and state-of-the-art thermal protection will support the crew during launch, landing, and recovery.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Brandon Hancock<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft, which will carry the Artemis II crew around the Moon, sits at the launch pad on Jan. 17, 2026, after rollout. It rests atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. Orion can provide living space on missions for four astronauts for up to 21 days without docking to another spacecraft.\u00a0Advances in technology [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15595,15680],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artemis","category-orion-multi-purpose-crew-vehicle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=361165"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361294,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361165\/revisions\/361294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=361165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=361165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=361165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}