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 SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour pierced the atmosphere at 17,000 mph, its heat shield enduring temperatures hotter than 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Over the course of an hour, the capsule ...

SpaceX typically removes the Crew Dragon spacecraft's heat shield after each flight and refurbishes the shield's composite structure, adding new ablative thermal protection tiles for each mission.

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 ...

A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule ... Enduring heat shield temperatures up to 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

“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 ...

SpaceX's latest Starship ended in disappointment as the spacecraft spun out of control and exploded mid-flight. Despite hopes ...

Dragon commander Nick Hague told the ISS crew, "On behalf of Crew-9 ... To keep the astronauts safe, Dragon employs a heat shield to keep it from burning up during re-entry.