(The target is now 2027.) So, NASA needed to make sure that any damage to the capsule– even its heat shield, which is meant to take some damage – wouldn’t risk the lives of a future crew.

On April 8, 2024, tens of millions experienced a solar eclipse from Mexico through the United States and into Canada.

Assembly of the Artemis II moon rocket has reached its latest milestone with the stacking of the twin boosters' right forward ...

Surpassing expectations, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX endured a near-Sun passage, outperforming its heat tolerances and remaining ...

NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history Tuesday, flying closer to the sun than any other spacecraft, with its heat shield exposed to scorching temperatures topping 1,700 degrees ...

Gemini 2 successfully completed the second of two uncrewed test flights of the spacecraft and its Titan II booster, clearing ...

NASA delays Artemis 2 to 2026, Artemis 3 to mid-2027 for safety Orion heat shield issues identified during Artemis 1 mission Changes could impact NASA's global space exploration leadership ...

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe has beamed home its ... Probe Project Manager Helene Winters said in a statement. "From the heat shield to the solar array cooling system, there was so much enabling ...