Nasa's next-generation crewship has replayed an iconic image first observed by Apollo astronauts in 1968 - "Earthrise".
Engineers have identified the issue with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, but NASA isn’t revealing the details yet.
See how Orion spacecraft from NASA's Artemis 1 mission enters Earth's atmosphere after its successful mission around the moon ...
See the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft and Earth about 2 hours prior to splashdown in this time-lapse. Credit: NASA | time-lapse ...
NASA identified more than 100 locations where ablative thermal protective material was liberated during its speedy reentry.
However, the US lunar program is delayed, in part because the spacesuits and lunar-landing vehicle are not ready. Meanwhile, ...
According to Hawkins and Glaze, NASA expects to share more information about Orion's heat shield issue before the end of the ...
In late 2022, NASA launched its uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back as part of its Artemis I mission, setting ...
For those who follow NASA's human spaceflight program, when the Orion spacecraft's heat shield cracked and chipped away ...
The global space community awoke to a new reality on Wednesday morning.
In 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon's surface—a momentous engineering and science feat marked ...