NASA is intending to use its new Orion capsule to send astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program, but a new report finds that issues with the capsule’s heat shield could be a risk to crew ...

In an artist's conception, Lockheed Martin's Orion reenters Earth's atmosphere. The capsule that carried Apollo 11 astronauts safely back to Earth in 1969 used a heat shield made of epoxy resin to ...

Astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch tour the Arc Jet Facility at NASA's Ames Research Center, learning more about the ...

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is set up back at home in its final assembly cell at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida following its last major pre-launch development test.

NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft has gone through a critical step in its preparation for launch. Three spacecraft adapter ...

Intuitive Machines said the Athena had enough power to be able to perform some of the scientific objectives for NASA before its batteries died.

Experts are working on a unique experiment that will use an inflatable aeroshell/heat shield to protect a spacecraft when entering a planet's atmosphere or returning to Earth Explore Subscribe ...