The astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are preparing to launch into space on a ...

During Artemis I, the Orion spacecraft heat shield suffered charring, prompting an investigation. Here's why NASA is ...

Smoke billowing off NASA’s heat shield material during a recent test at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For decades, Sandia National ...

The high-speed, safe return to Earth of the Artemis 2 moon crew depends on the thermal protection system of the mission's Orion's crew module. It must endure blistering temperatures to keep crew ...

The W-6 mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard the SpaceX Transporter-16 rideshare, which ...

Two years ago next week, NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean to wrap up what, at first glance, seemed to be a highly successful unpiloted test flight that made a return to the ...

NASA’s Artemis program encountered a serious issue that raised concerns about mission safety and timing. Engineers discovered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starship’s body is made of stainless steel, a heavier material than carbon composites but chosen for its durability. After Flight ...

That fact is that there are modern heatshields and none are built how you suggest. Dragon uses cast blocks of PICA-X and Starliner uses a hand filled honeycomb of something proprietary. Dragon seems ...

Outpost says its vehicles will be able to return up to 10 tons of material from space. Credit: Outpost Technologies Outpost Technologies has been awarded a $1.8 million contract from SpaceWERX to ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields — formally called thermal protection systems — are ...