Space missions may soon be safer! This plasma tunnel tests the extreme heat of reentry; one of spacecraft’s biggest challenges

Space missions and space tourism have started accelerating rapidly. This concept of space tourism may evoke and feels more ...
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NASA scrambles as Orion’s heat shield glitch forces a total reentry rethink

NASA’s return to crewed lunar flight is now hinging on a slab of material at the bottom of Orion that did not behave the way ...

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission engulfed by debate over its controversial heat shield

As NASA ramps up the preparation to send four people on a trip around the moon and back, a debate is raging among experts and former astronauts over whether the mission’s spacecraft is as safe as the ...

How NASA is dealing with the Artemis II heat shield problem

Following the first human journey around the moon in more than half a century, all eyes will be on the heat shield that will protect the crew as they return to Earth — a heat shield, which was damaged ...

NASA's Upcoming Artemis II Mission: Safety Concerns Surrounding the Orion Heat Shield

The heat shield is a pivotal component of the Orion spacecraft, designed to protect astronauts from extreme temperatures during reentry into Earth's atmosphere. Unfortunately, the heat shield used in ...

NASA is about to send people to the moon — in a spacecraft not everyone thinks is safe to fly

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some experts are worried about the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.

NASA will fly Artemis II with the same Orion heat shield that cracked on its last mission

The Artemis II crew comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency ...