Engineers have identified the issue with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, but NASA isn’t revealing the details yet.

They believe it will be essential for launching ourselves further into space, but also for mining and other exploration plans ...

NASA identified more than 100 locations where ablative thermal protective material was liberated during its speedy reentry.

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope captured the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft when it was about 342,000 km (212,508 mi.) away. On the same day, Orion delivered an amazing view of itself and the ...

Among the issues uncovered by the Nov. 16-Dec. 11 Artemis I flight test was unanticipated charring of the Orion capsule’s ...

Orion's selfie with Earth and the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA's Orion spacecraft might have successfully traveled to the Moon and back, but its equipment wasn't fully stable throughout the journey.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the US White House. What does this mean for the US space program, NASA, and ...

Launched in December 2021, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful infrared telescope to date, making it perfectly suited for measuring temperatures of faint objects in the Orion ...

However, NASA wants to make its decision on the forward path for the Orion heat shield before starting ... 25 percent complete, though the project is dealing with cost overruns and delays.

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