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 ...

Thermal performance of the heat shield was actually deemed to exceed expectations. NASA concluded that the Artemis II heat shield "can keep the crew safe during the planned mission with changes to ...

The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side ...

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Orion’s heat shield had suffered unexpected damage during the Artemis I reentry, missing fist-size chunks of its protective coating, and it took months to find a fix. Now NASA is pushing to ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The missions had been slated to launch in 2025 and 2026, but unexpected damage to Orion's heat shield during Artemis 1 prompted NASA to delay both by more than a year.