Engineers have identified the issue with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, but NASA isn’t revealing the details yet.
Artemis 2 will be the first NASA-led Artemis program mission with humans on board. The uncrewed Artemis 1 flew to lunar orbit ...
This week’s mission is the first time a NASA spacecraft has been powered by European engineering. Artemis is not an all-American mission—it’s global. Orion is made of three main sections.
For that we can thank its two inanimate passengers, Helga and Zohar, a pair of advanced mannequins who are giving us a sense ...
For those who follow NASA's human spaceflight program, when the Orion spacecraft's heat shield cracked and chipped away during atmospheric reentry on the unpiloted Artemis I test flight in late ...
After traveling as far from Earth as any human-rated spacecraft in history, the Orion capsule is set to leave its orbit around the moon and begin to return back to Earth for a splashdown landing ...
NASA identified more than 100 locations where ablative thermal protective material was liberated during its speedy reentry.
The heat shield of the Orion spacecraft intended one day to carry ... exposed gap that allowed for increased heating to the ...
The capsule's design focuses on human-centric features, making it not just functional but also comfortable for those onboard. Haven-1's key features include an interior designed with warmth and ...
A moon spacecraft is one step closer to flying with humans on board in 2025. The Orion spacecraft, which will carry four astronauts around the moon on the Artemis 2 mission, recently reentered an ...
A moon spacecraft is one step closer to flying with humans on board in 2025. The Orion spacecraft, which will carry four astronauts around the moon on the Artemis 2 mission, recently reentered an ...