Debrief: Orion By The Numbers

Irene Klotz February 11, 2026
NASA is preparing for the first crewed flight test of the Lockheed-built Orion spacecraft in March. Credit: Brandon Hancock/NASA

NASA is preparing for the first crewed flight test of the Lockheed-built Orion spacecraft in March.

Credit: Brandon Hancock/NASA
There are lots of numbers bandied about regarding NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission, a crewed flight test of the government-owned and operated Orion deep-space capsule. The money number usually springs to mind first: $24 billion (non-inflation adjusted) for the Orion program through 2024, NASA...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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