A capsule streaking through Earth’s atmosphere at extreme temperatures rarely makes headlines beyond the launch itself. Yet behind one recent reentry lies a technological shift that could redefine how ...

IS STANDARD PROTOCOL IN THREE DAYS. THE ROCKET THAT WILL TAKE THE FIRST CREW TO THE MOON IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS WILL ROLL OUT TO THE LAUNCH PAD AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. ARTEMIS TWO COULD BLAST OFF AS ...

WASHINGTON, DC—This week, NASA’s new administrator, Jared Isaacman, said he has “full confidence” in the space agency’s plans to use the existing heat shield to protect the Orion spacecraft during its ...

Sounding off: NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the moon in a capsule whose main safety system has already behaved in an unexpected way. The Orion spacecraft's Avcoat heat shield, ...

That fact is that there are modern heatshields and none are built how you suggest. Dragon uses cast blocks of PICA-X and Starliner uses a hand filled honeycomb of something proprietary. Dragon seems ...

When a spacecraft re-enters Earth’s atmosphere, it must withstand temperatures of up to 3870°C. Here, inside NASA’s Arc Jet Complex at the Ames Research Centre in California, a heat-shield design is ...

In less than two weeks, NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed journey to the Moon in over half a century. The Space Launch Rocket has already been rolled out to the ...

NASA is racing toward its first crewed trip around the Moon in more than fifty years, but the countdown is unfolding under an unusual cloud of technical unease. The Artemis II mission will send four ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — University of Kentucky engineering students are putting the finishing touches on experimental capsules that will soon embark on a journey to the International Space Station ...

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 ...