The Orion heat shield used for the Artemis II mission held up perfectly, early photos and a NASA assessment reveal.

NASA had a tough decision to make after the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield came back with severe damage on the Artemis I mission: Stick with it at the possible risk of human lives, or replace it and ...

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

Questions over the suitability of Orion’s heat shield have been answered following Artemis II’s successful splashdown, with a ...

NASA successfully tested an inflatable heat shield prototype Monday (July 23), a technology that could one day be used for future space exploration missions, including landing humans on Mars, its ...

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 and the U.S. Navy successfully recovered the Artemis II crew and Orion spacecraft after a 10-day lunar flyby, marking humanity's farthest journey into space in over 50 years. Underwater and ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — NASA says a successful small-scale test of an inflatable heat shield holds promise for future planetary missions. The Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment was launched Monday ...