Enlarge / NASA's Orion spacecraft descends toward the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2021, at the end of the Artemis I mission. (credit: NASA) NASA officials declared the Artemis I mission successful in late 2021, and it's hard to argue with that assessment. The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft performed nearly flawlessly on an unpiloted flight that took it around the Moon and back to Earth, setting the stage for the Artemis II, the program's first crew mission. But one of the things engineers saw on Artemis I that didn't quite match expectations was an issue with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield.
Nasa Still Doesn’t Understand Root Cause Of Orion Heat Shield Issue
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 5:22pm
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05/9/2024 - 1:46 am | View Link - NASA still doesn’t understand root cause of Orion heat shield issue
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