Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

Orion’s heat shield isn’t behaving normally so NASA is rewriting the way it comes home

The heat shield of Orion, returned by Artemis I, was battered and bruised over 100 times, and NASA intends to put four people ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

Orion’s heat shield debate forces a new kind of moon-ride calculation

In deep-space travel, sometimes the most important “hardware” is a few inches of material that only matters for minutes. The ...
SpaceNews

SLS/Orion rolls to pad for Artemis 2

NASA’s SLS and Orion rolled to the launch pad for the Artemis 2 mission Jan. 17, though uncertainty remains about when the ...

NASA is about to send people to the moon — in a spacecraft not everyone thinks is safe to fly

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some experts are worried about the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.
The Repository on MSN

Orion the Hunter will be star of February sky | Suzie Dills

Sky Shorts author says Orion a favorite constellation, and shares key details to find and appreciate its beauty.

You can send your name to the moon on NASA Artemis mission. Here's how

NASA is inviting the public to add their names to a historic lunar mission known as Artemis 2 that is due to launch between ...

NASA will fly Artemis II with the same Orion heat shield that cracked on its last mission

The Artemis II crew comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency ...
Smithsonian Magazine

It’s Almost ‘All Systems Go’ for Artemis 2 to Take the Next Giant Leap Toward Stepping on the Moon Again

Scheduled to launch in early 2026, NASA's Artemis 2 is part of the bold 21st-century vision for returning astronauts to the lunar surface ...