NASA is intending to use its new Orion capsule to send astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program, but a new report ...

Nearly a year after an uncrewed Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, NASA anticipates it still needs a few more months to resolve a lingering issue with the capsule’s heat shield before a ...

The choice concerns the Orion spacecraft's heat shield and whether NASA will make any changes before the Artemis II mission that will make a lunar flyby. Although Starliner has garnered a lot of ...

engineers found extensive cracks in Orion's heat shield across more than 100 locations. And that's just one out of six issues outlined by the Inspector General, suggesting NASA has its work cut ...

NASA's Orion spacecraft will need to protect astronauts from dangerous radiation when they visit the moon in the upcoming Artemis missions.

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election The shielded areas in Nasa’s lunar spacecraft can ...

NASA's Orion spacecraft that flew Exploration Flight ... as the Sun Orion’s undercarriage features a 16.5 feet diameter heat shield designed to protect the spacecraft as it enters Earth ...

Finally, NASA is preparing to send people back to the moon on ... before placing crew on the Artemis II mission,” according to the audit. The Orion capsule’s heat shield, for instance, broke down ...

However, because the Orion ESM has ... nozzle extension, and heat shield assembly, and assist in developing the acquisition strategy,” notes the RFI document. Moreover, NASA’s RFI also states ...

We're standing by for news on NASA's decision on what to do about Orion's heat shield.

A decade on, it's the biggest driver of cost growth at NASA ... Orion costs over the past year were inflated by the delay of the next Artemis lunar mission to December. Battery and heat shield ...

The shielded areas in Nasa’s lunar spacecraft can protect astronauts ... to having 150 to 6,000 chest X-rays. The dummy crew on Orion were fitted with nearly 6,000 sensors that measured ...