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

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

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

The heat shields for both the Mars Sample Retrieval Lander and a Titan-bound mission, Dragonfly, are designed to be made from this material, called Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator.

SpaceX Starship flight 6 plans to launch in 6 days on November 18, 2024. They will be performing a similar flight to flight 5 ...

However, the US lunar program is delayed, in part because the spacesuits and lunar-landing vehicle are not ready. Meanwhile, ...

SpaceX is preparing for the sixth test flight of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket. Next week's launch – if ...

Credit: BPS.space YouTube Channel Sandia's lab technicians ... from the base of the tower to better mimic the atmosphere the heat shields will be encountering. They were also on hand to help ...

Donald Trump has been reelected by the voters. This calls for a fresh look at space policy. Here are some hopefully helpful ...

The five previous flights of Starship, dating back to April 2023, have all launched near dawn from South Texas. For the ...

Smoke billowing off NASA’s heat shield material during a recent test at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For decades, Sandia National ...