NASA released a new image of the Artemis II heat shield, taken by U.S. Navy divers moments after the astronauts splashed down ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission aced its heat shield test on the April 1 launch, sending 4 astronauts around the Moon, splashing ...

After extensive testing, NASA concluded the problems had to do with gas within the coating, caused by the re-entry technique ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The uncrewed Artemis I came back with unexpected charring on the spacecraft's heat shield. This is an artist's imagining of that ...

After Artemis 2 splashed down, the spaceflight community was quick to begin its own review of the heat shield based on photos ...

NASA's Artemis 2 mission successfully tested the Orion capsule's heat shield, which withstood 5,000°F during high-speed reentry with far less damage than Artemis 1. A steeper reentry angle reduced ...

Artemis III heat shield update: The Artemis II Orion capsule has returned to Florida after a historic crewed lunar mission, ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully tested Orion’s heat shield during a high-speed reentry, showing significantly less damage than the uncrewed Artemis I flight. The improved performance followed a ...

(CNN) — As four astronauts complete their historic trip around the moon in NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft, they’ll be testing a known flaw — one that had some experts urging the space agency ...

The heat shield will be transported to Huntsville, Alabama, where teams will extract samples and perform x-ray scans.

Smoke billowing off NASA’s heat shield material during a recent test at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For decades, Sandia National ...

The uncrewed Artemis I came back with unexpected charring on the spacecraft's heat shield. This is an artist's imagining of that reentry. NASA/Liam Yanulis When Artemis II comes blazing back through ...