It’s a good idea to make sure your spacecraft can take the heat that comes with reentering Earth’s atmosphere before you put ...

NASA says it will continue with the same heat shield setup for Artemis II, which will include a crew without a lunar landing.

Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over the rippling sea as waves sloshed around the USS Portland dock ship. Navy officials on the deck scrutinized the sky in search of a ...

Heat shield damage seen during the first Artemis test flight is now understood, NASA says, but more time is needed to ...

NASA's investigation into the Artemis I Orion spacecraft's heat shield issue revealed that trapped gases within the Avcoat ...

Today we're looking at how the regenerative cooling channels on Space Shuttle's main combustion chamber were manufactured.

Starship's upper stage survived reentry and splashed down in the Indian Ocean following the rocket's sixth test flight.

NASA is delaying its Artemis II and Artemis III missions to 2026 and 2027 respectively due to issues with the Orion capsule's heat shield.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the delays are needed to revise the Orion crew capsule's re-entry trajectory to reduce stress and prevent the sort of unexpected heat shield damage seen after ...

The mission to take four astronauts on a trip around the moon and back, previously targeting a launch at the end of 2025, has ...

NASA updated its timeline for the next two Artemis missions by roughly half a year following findings from issues with a heat ...

NASA’s struggles are in stark contrast to Elon Musk-owned SpaceX, which is using its workhorse Starship for multiple launch ...