NASA's Artemis 2 mission successfully tested the Orion capsule's heat shield, which withstood 5,000°F during high-speed reentry with far less damage than Artemis 1. A steeper reentry angle reduced ...
Excess charring on Artemis I's heat shield had NASA racing to understand what went wrong—and to ensure the technology was still safe for the current crew's high-speed reentry. The uncrewed Artemis I ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Artemis II astronauts will splash down Friday using a new reentry technique, entering Earth’s atmosphere at 32 ...
Update: The Artemis II crew splashed down to end its mission successfully on Friday, April 10. Follow the latest here. Within seconds, temperatures across its 16.5-foot-wide heat shield will climb to ...
IN LAW, JARED KUSHNER, EARLIER TODAY TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS. WE’RE GETTING NEW DETAILS ON A CRITICAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HELPED RETURN THE ARTEMIS TWO ASTRONAUTS TO EARTH SAFELY. NASA IS NOW ...
Artemis II aced its trial-by-fire reentry, despite some concerns that the Orion spacecraft's heat shield would not hold up, a ghostly photo of the spacecraft's underside taken soon after splashdown ...
The Artemis II Orion spacecraft is expected to splash down later today (April 10) as the world waits to welcome back the mission's record-setting crew. So far, the Artemis II moon mission has been a ...
The 10-day Artemis II mission has already achieved groundbreaking results. However, the four-person crew of the Artemis II mission faces its most critical test on April 10, when the Orion spacecraft ...