NASA released a new image of the Artemis II heat shield, taken by U.S. Navy divers moments after the astronauts splashed down ...

Underwater image of Orion's heat shield captured by US Navy divers after the Artemis II splashdown. | Credit: US Navy You ...

After Artemis 2 splashed down, the spaceflight community was quick to begin its own review of the heat shield based on photos ...

After significant concerns with the heat shield after the Artemis II mission, the results from Artemis II are in. Early data ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission reveals a rare underwater view of the Orion capsule’s heat shield after splashdown, offering ...

The heat shield will be transported to Huntsville, Alabama, where teams will extract samples and perform x-ray scans.

Now that the Artemis II astronauts are safely home from their moon mission, NASA is investigating how well its spacecraft's ...

The uncrewed Artemis I return in 2022 surprised engineers with more erosion than expected in the Avcoat ablative layer. That ...

Despite problems during the unpiloted Artemis I reentry, the Artemis II crew is confident their heat shield will protect them during a fiery descent to Earth.

After extensive testing, NASA concluded the problems had to do with gas within the coating, caused by the re-entry technique ...

NASA’s initial analysis of Artemis II shows the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield handled reentry as expected, surviving 5,000°F temperatures with minimal damage. The steeper entry trajectory improved ...

Social media users were quick to point out what looks like a large piece of missing material from the bottom of the spacecraft.