The heat shield will be transported to Huntsville, Alabama, where teams will extract samples and perform x-ray scans.

Despite problems during the unpiloted Artemis I reentry, the Artemis II crew is confident their heat shield will protect them during a fiery descent to Earth.

Orion heat shield showed reduced damage and improved performance thanks to trajectory tweaks.

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Now that the Artemis II astronauts are safely home from their moon mission, NASA is investigating how well its spacecraft's heat shield protected the crew during their return.

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Moments after Artemis II splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, ending its 10-day journey to the moon and back, divers with the U.S. Navy were there to make sure the crew ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission reveals a rare underwater view of the Orion capsule’s heat shield after splashdown, offering crucial insights into its performance during reentry.

This could be dangerous to the astronauts on board Artemis 2. Therefore, Artemis 2's Orion will instead enter Earth's ...