That’s when crew members started to spot big cracks on Orion’s lower surface, where the capsule’s exterior bonds to its heat shield. But why wouldn’t a shield that has endured temperatures ...

The thruster problem is the second issue to involve a Dragon spacecraft in recent weeks. NASA said May 24 that SpaceX was replacing the heat shield structure for the next Crew Dragon spacecraft ...

Twenty-seven minutes later, approaching the Florida Gulf Coast on a southwest-to-northeast trajectory, the Crew Dragon reached the discernible atmosphere, enduring heat shield temperatures of more ...

One wrote, "I hope it isn't part of a heat shield or other structural piece ... aged six The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, boasting ...

Crew Dragon Endeavour, the first in the Dragon ... There are some parts, like heat shield material and parachutes, that SpaceX still needs to replace after each flight. During preparations ...

NASA finally knows what caused the erosion of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield following its historic trip to the Moon in 2022, but the space agency is not telling, at least not yet.

From robot arms with gripping tentacles to experimental space materials, Dragon’s latest splashdown brings back tech that ...

With just over an hour before splashdown, Crew Dragon autonomously jettisoned its trunk to let its heat shield free and performed a 14-minute deorbit burn and nose cone closure so it could begin ...

“But on the way down, it’s all the heat shield ... but all four crew members technically took part because the Dragon capsule does not have an airlock. That meant that when the hatch ...