When SpaceX stacks its next Starship for Flight 12, expected from Boca Chica, Texas, in mid-2026, two small camera probes ...

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 ...

The heat shield on the Artemis I Orion spacecraft unexpectedly cracked and charred during reentry. An investigation found that a "skip reentry" maneuver caused heat and pressure to build up, damaging ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - Big changes are coming to the Space Launch System's Orion Crew Capsule heat shield. The architecture is changing. The change, though, will be a familiar one. Orion's heat ...

(CNN) — As four astronauts complete their historic trip around the moon in NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft, they’ll be testing a known flaw — one that had some experts urging the space agency ...

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Following Wednesday's spectacular launch of the SLS rocket, the Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule may soon be enroute to their loop flight around the Moon. But 2 ...

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 ...

When Artemis 2 came blazing back to Earth on April 10, all eyes were on the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. This critical hardware, designed to protect the capsule and its crew from the extreme ...

(CNN) — As four astronauts complete their historic trip around the moon in NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft, they’ll be testing a known flaw — one that had some experts urging the space agency ...