Rigorous Analysis Confirms NASA’s Artemis II Heat Shield Performance

Artemis II Heat Shield Held Its Ground as Orion Spacecraft Plummeted to Earth at Asteroid Speed

It’s been about half a year since the first crewed mission to the Moon in some 50 years, Artemis II, left our planet and safely returned back home. In the space exploration business, half a year is a blink of an eye, and that’s why NASA keeps talking and releasing new findings about the historic flight. This time under the spotlight: the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. Generally speaking, people seldom discu... (continue reading...)

Rigorous analysis confirms NASA's Artemis II heat shield performance

NASA's Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the moon and brought them safely back to Earth, laying a foundation for crewed flights to the moon's surface.

Rigorous Analysis Confirms NASA’s Artemis II Heat Shield Performance

NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the Moon and brought them safely back to Earth, laying a foundation for crewed flights to the Moon’s surface. Additional engineering data analysis of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield confirmed initial data showing the heat shield performed as expected.   In particular, NASA measured whether the thermal protection […]