As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some ...

If everything goes to plan, NASA’s giant Space Launch System rocket will launch in early February with four astronauts ...

It is no secret that NASA is looking to the past to help us go back to the moon and, eventually, to Mars. Today NASA revealed that scientists working on the Orion crew module visited the Smithsonian ...

NASA researchers looking to develop the next generation of heat shields are using a treasure trove of recently rediscovered Apollo-era armor to build high-temperature protection for future space ...

NASA today made one of the most important decisions for the future of its space flights – the heat shield material that will protect future space explorers from the hellish heat of space travel. The ...

It doesn’t have to, if they can merely change the operating regime. Your question seems to imply I wrote that the heat shield operated as expected. Can you show me where I wrote that? No one is ...

Could they return on a Juno-like trajectory over the pole, with the first aero-brake maneuver being a big one, followed by a few smaller ones, then a final harder re-entry to reduce the return to 1-2 ...

NASA identified more than 100 locations where ablative thermal protective material was liberated during its speedy reentry. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

HOUSTON — NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ...