Watch NASA’s Moon Capsule Violently Break Apart During Abort Test
NASA put its Orion spacecraft to the test ahead of its planned journey to the Moon. The space agency simulated the extreme ...
Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)
NASA's Orion spacecraft recently completed an 11-month test campaign, during which it was subjected to extreme conditions of ...
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NASA finds Orion heatshield cracks won't cook Artemis II crew
NASA's investigation into damage found on the heatshield of the Artemis Mission's Orion module two years ago has ... to protect Orion and its future crew from re-entry temperatures of nearly ...
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Orion’s Fiery Return Sparks Urgent Heat Shield Overhaul at NASA
As this illustration of the Apollo VIII command module reentering Earth shows, heat shields protect the crew capsule from ...
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NASA confirms cracked heatshield in Orion test won't kill the astronauts going to the Moon
Despite these cracks, NASA reports that while there wasn't a crew aboard the Artemis I mission, had there been, they would have been completely safe within the module as temperatures inside Orion ...
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NASA Delays Flagship Crewed Moon Mission To April 2026 — What You Need To Know
After launching from pad 39B at KSC, Orion will orbit Earth twice before moving into a highly elliptical orbit. About 24 hours later, the crew will ... a habitat module to NASA’s Lunar Gateway ...
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NASA pushes back its Artemis moon missions due to heat shield issues
NASA has announced that it is ... The delay is due to problems with the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. Orion is the capsule in which crew members for each mission will travel, and it must ...
Watch NASA’s SLS rocket take one small step toward the Artemis II moon mission
Though it isn't expected to launch until 2026 at the earliest, NASA is quietly preparing its SLS rocket for the Artemis II ...
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After critics decry Orion heat shield decision, NASA reviewer says agency is correct
Within hours of NASA announcing its decision to fly the Artemis II mission aboard an Orion spacecraft with an unmodified heat shield, critics assailed the space agency, saying it had made the ...