New heat shields will be manufactured for Artemis III to allow gases to permeate the material. “The Artemis campaign is the most daring, technically challenging, collaborative, international ...

This is the Artemis I mission, and if all had gone according ... including ensuring Orion's heat shield can withstand the high speed and heat conditions when returning through the Earth's ...

NASA and its partners are pressing to speed up the timeline for the Artemis II launch that will fly humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years as the program competes with Trump ...

Nasa has also been investigating "why char layer pieces from its spacecraft's heat shield were lost during the Artemis I mission", said ABC News. "We are returning to the Moon in a way we never ...

SpaceX is preparing for the eighth flight test of its Starship rocket, scheduled to happen on Wednesday, March 5. The launch window will open at 5:30pm CT (5:00am IST, Thursday).

Pic: NASA/Marie Reed Worse still for the Artemis programme, there is a problem with the Orion capsule. Cracks in its heat shield that emerged after the Artemis I test flight have led to a two-year ...

Skepticism about the exceedingly expensive SLS and the Orion crew capsule -- whose heat shield issues delayed future Artemis missions -- is widespread among space watchers. Still, many advocate ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX called off the latest test flight of its Starship rocket just before its scheduled launch yesterday evening, citing an unspecified problem with the behemoth spacecraft.

Reform or scrap? - Skepticism about the exceedingly expensive SLS and the Orion crew capsule -- whose heat shield issues delayed future Artemis missions -- is widespread among space watchers.