This eerie image shows the heat shield following splashdown.

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

The cover of the shipping container carrying the heat shield for Orion’s Artemis 2 mission, NASA’s first crewed mission, is lifted up inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission aced its heat shield test on the April 1 launch, sending 4 astronauts around the Moon, splashing ...

NASA is sending some astronauts on a little trek out of Earth's orbit and around the moon, which is just the start of its current plans to send crewed missions back to the lunar surface. This is an ...

The heat shield on the Artemis I Orion spacecraft unexpectedly cracked and charred during reentry. An investigation found that a "skip reentry" maneuver caused heat and pressure to build up, damaging ...

Less than a year after announcing major delays for the next two Artemis moon missions, NASA managers said Thursday the projected flight dates are slipping once again, with the first piloted voyage ...

When four astronauts set off on their historic trip around the moon in NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft, they knew they’d be testing a known flaw with their spacecraft — one that had some ...