Neowin News Feed for: Orion

Record-setting Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after a 10-day Moon adventure

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:58:01 +0000

NASA's Artemis II astronauts are back on Earth after a 10-day round-trip to the Moon. They have created a new record in space history. Read more...

Artemis II confirmed to break Apollo 13 record for farthest human spaceflight

Paul Hill — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:34:01 +0000

The Artemis II mission has completed its trans-lunar injection, officially putting the crew on track to travel further from Earth than any human in history. Read more...

Meta unveils Orion, its first pair of true AR glasses

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:08:02 +0000

Meta unveiled Orion, its most advanced AR glasses featuring a large field of view, lightweight design, and custom silicon for power efficiency. Read more...

NASA's new monstrous mobile launcher is getting ready to support the next phase of Artemis

Martin Hodás — Sun, 12 May 2024 04:28:01 +0000

NASA reached an important milestone in preparation for the Artemis IV mission. Though still years away, NASA is already building a structure to support the bigger SLS rocket variant. Read more...

Meta's "iPhone moment" for its AR devices will happen in 2027 according to its AR roadmap

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 07:14:01 +0000

Meta has revealed its AR products roadmap for the next four years, during which the company will finally launch the much-awaited AR glasses that could potentially be the successor of smartphones. Read more...

Here's how to watch NASA's historic Artemis I mission [Update]

Paul Hill — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 14:10:01 +0000

NASA is set to launch its historic Artemis I mission today. We will see the launch of the massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft will begin its journey to the Moon. Read more...

NASA's SLS' core stage to undergo final Green Run test

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:10:01 +0000

NASA has announced it'll carry out the final Green Run test for the SLS' core stage. This will be the final core stage test before Artemis I in November which will integrate SLS and Orion. Read more...

NASA finds water on the Moon's sunlit surface

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:38:01 +0000

NASA has found water on the Moon's sunlit surface using a flying observatory known as SOFIA. It raises questions about how the water is arriving there in the first place and how it's stored. Read more...

NASA's Orion test ends in success paving the road to the Moon and Mars

Paul Hill — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 04:20:01 +0000

NASA has reported that its Ascent Abort-2 mission, which tested Orion's launch abort system, was a success. With the mission out of the way, NASA engineers can focus their sights on future missions. Read more...

Lunascape 6.9.2

Razvan Serea — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:58:01 +0000

With Lunascape, the three most popular rendering engines (Trident, Gecko, WebKit) have been integrated in a single browser. Yeah, that's right. Lunascape = IE (Trident)＋Firefox (Gecko)＋Chrome + Safari Read more...

Master of Orion III v1.25 Official Patch

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 06:32:53 +0000

The version 1.25 patch for Master of Orion III Windows and Macintosh port varieties are now available for download and weigh in at 5.3MB and 5MB respectively. They were both released at different points today.... Read more...

Star Wraith 3: Shadows of Orion demo v1.08

Marcel Klum — Thu, 02 Jan 2003 09:16:34 +0000

3D Games has released an updated demo of Star Wraith 3: Shadows of Orion, bringing this space combat simulation sequel to version 1.08. This update offers some major performance improvements, up to a... Read more...

Master Of Orion III Delayed

Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:21:31 +0000

The turn-based space strategy game won't be out until near the end of the year. The third game in MicroProse's popular space conquest strategy series underwent some major changes to streamline the... Read more...