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Orion’s heat shield isn’t behaving normally so NASA is rewriting the way it comes home

The heat shield of Orion, returned by Artemis I, was battered and bruised over 100 times, and NASA intends to put four people ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Orion will haul astronauts past the moon despite risky heat-shield flaw

Astronauts are about to ride Orion past the Moon in a capsule that NASA knows has a heat-shield flaw, a tension that defines the next chapter of human spaceflight. The agency is pressing ahead with ...

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 ...
Futurism on MSN

Experts Warn That There’s Something Wrong With the Moon Rocket NASA Is About to Launch With Astronauts Aboard

"What they’re talking about doing is crazy." The post Experts Warn That There’s Something Wrong With the Moon Rocket NASA Is ...
The Engineer

Successful test for NASA's inflatable heat shield

An inflatable heat shield developed by NASA’s Space Technology Program has survived moving through Earth’s atmosphere while travelling at speeds up to 7,600mph. The Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle ...

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 ...
Ars Technica

Is Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight.

WASHINGTON, DC—This week, NASA’s new administrator, Jared Isaacman, said he has “full confidence” in the space agency’s plans to use the existing heat shield to protect the Orion spacecraft during its ...