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 ...
The heat shield of Orion, returned by Artemis I, was battered and bruised over 100 times, and NASA intends to put four people ...
"What they’re talking about doing is crazy." The post Experts Warn That There’s Something Wrong With the Moon Rocket NASA Is ...
The Artemis II crew comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency ...
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.
Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over the rippling sea as waves sloshed around the USS Portland dock ship. Navy officials on the deck scrutinized the sky in search of a ...
Safety concerns are mounting over NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission following the discovery of a flawed heat shield.
TL;DR: SpaceX's main challenge in making Starship fully reusable is developing an effective orbital heat shield. The shield must withstand extreme temperatures during reentry without cracking. Musk ...