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NASA scrambles as Orion’s heat shield glitch forces a total reentry rethink

NASA’s return to crewed lunar flight is now hinging on a slab of material at the bottom of Orion that did not behave the way ...

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission engulfed by debate over its controversial heat shield

As NASA ramps up the preparation to send four people on a trip around the moon and back, a debate is raging among experts and former astronauts over whether the mission’s spacecraft is as safe as the ...

Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station

What about storing it in high orbit? US lawmakers have asked NASA to look into storing the International Space Station (ISS) in a higher orbit at the end of its operational life, instead of sending ...

NASA's Artemis II Rocket Has A Potentially Dangerous Flaw That Has Experts Worried

The Artemis II mission that will take a crew of astronauts around the moon and back to Earth is expected to launch no earlier ...

NASA will fly Artemis II with the same Orion heat shield that cracked on its last mission

The Artemis II crew comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency ...

NASA is about to send people to the moon — in a spacecraft not everyone thinks is safe to fly

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some experts are worried about the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.
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NASA Armstrong Contributions Propel Artemis, Deep Space Innovation

NASA is leveraging expertise, capabilities, and partnerships across its centers to make Artemis campaign and deep space ...