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NASA's Orion crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis 1 − an aerospace expert weighs in (op-ed)
These were the cracks the recovery crew saw on the capsule after it splashed down. In a Dec. 5, 2024, press conference, NASA officials announced that the Artemis II mission will be designed with a ...
Meeting new deadline and administration: NASA Artemis II crew shows SLS rocket progress
As a new administration looms, NASA's Artemis II SLS moon rocket is ready for stacking inside the VAB. The goal is a 2026 ...
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NASA delays next 2 Artemis moon missions to address heat shield, other issues
In a skip entry, the capsule dips into the atmosphere ... While the same type of heat shield will be used for the Artemis 2 mission in April 2026, the crew will use a modified re-entry trajectory ...
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NASA’s crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I − an aerospace expert on these critical spacecraft components
These were the cracks the recovery crew saw on the capsule after it splashed down. In a Dec. 5, 2024, press conference, NASA officials announced that the Artemis II mission will be designed with a ...
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NASA Pushes Back Artemis II & Artemis III Lunar Missions To 2026 & 2027 Over Heat Shield Safety Concerns
NASA has confirmed it will push back its Artemis II and III missions following its investigation into the Orion crew capsule's heat shield. The Artemis II test flight was initially penciled in for ...
NASA’s Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Returns to Kennedy Space Center
After a comprehensive 11-month testing stint in Ohio, the Artemis I Orion crew module, now the Orion ETA, is back at Kennedy ...
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Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)
The safety of the astronaut crew depends on this test campaign." You may like Artemis 2's Orion capsule goes into altitude chamber to prep for 2025 moon mission (photo) Artemis 1 in flight ...
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NASA delays Artemis missions again. What could this mean for the moon, Mars and space leadership?
The latest delays stem, in part, from an issue with the Orion crew spacecraft ... the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission in late 2022. "We have since determined that while the capsule was dipping in ...
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Could Elon Musk Upend NASA’s Return to the Moon? Astronaut Weighs In
Reid Wiseman, commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with a crew around ...
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Space race 2.0: How Artemis delays could give China upper hand to beat US
Artemis delays raise questions about NASA's 2027 moon landing goal. Can the US maintain its lead in space exploration?
Outgoing NASA administrator urges incoming leaders to stick with Artemis plan
After a long career as a politician from Florida, former astronaut Bill Nelson has served as NASA's administrator for the ...
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‘It’s go time’: Artemis II moon mission players focus on job despite Trump uncertainty
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — While the puzzle pieces have been laid out over the last two years, a picture is beginning to form for NASA’s pursuit of the first human spaceflight of its Artemis ...