So How Did Artemis 2’s Heat Shield Hold Up? The First Results Are In

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

Artemis II heat shield damage shouldn’t slow up Artemis III plans, NASA says

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

How did Artemis II's heat shield perform? New image, data released

NASA released a new image of the Artemis II heat shield, taken by U.S. Navy divers moments after the astronauts splashed down ...
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Artemis II heat shield vs Artemis I: NASA's initial assessment shows marked improvement

Orion heat shield showed reduced damage and improved performance thanks to trajectory tweaks.

As Artemis II heads back to Earth, crew stakes their lives on the heat shield

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.
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NASA says Orion’s heat shield is good to go for Artemis II—but does it matter?

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 ...
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Photo of Artemis II heat shield looks like an ethereal underwater world, but it's provided NASA with vital data

Questions over the suitability of Orion’s heat shield have been answered following Artemis II’s successful splashdown, with a ...
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Guess What This Creepy Underwater Thing Is That Was Photographed by US Navy Divers for NASA

Hint: it's neither a bird, nor a plane. The post Guess What This Creepy Underwater Thing Is That Was Photographed by US Navy ...

Artemis II Just Proved NASA Is Closer Than Ever to Returning to the Moon

NASA’s Artemis II mission has successfully wrapped up, and early analysis shows the agency’s next-generation Moon systems ...