Interplanetary Space Station Orbiting the Red Planet, Mars

NASA Debuts New Orion Mission Control Room for Artemis 2 Astronaut Flight Around the Moon

Source: Space.com

With the development of the next-generation Orion spacecraft—designed to eventually take astronauts to Mars— comes a number of all-new, advanced systems designed to track, monitor, and communicate with the spacecraft and its passengers. For NASA’s Mission Control facilities, all this additional technology meant that a brand new space was required to house the additional monitors and extra personnel. And that new space was shown to the public for the first time in late August of 2025.