NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the delays are needed to revise the Orion crew capsule's re-entry trajectory to reduce stress and prevent the sort of unexpected heat shield damage seen after ...

After thorough analysis, NASA discovered that Avcoat, the heat shield material on the Artemis I, failed to vent gases properly, causing damage during reentry. (Illustration of NASA’s Orion spacecraft ...

The delay is due to problems with the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. Orion is the capsule in which crew members for each mission will travel, and it must withstand temperatures of nearly 5,000 ...

The Weber Genesis SPX-435 is a natural gas ... griller on the go could hope to throw at it. It has a built-in heat protection shield and chrome handles that remain cool while cooking, and the ...

NASA reported after Artemis I returned to Earth that the vehicle's heat shield had experienced an unexpected loss of charred material. NASA intended to use this same material for future crewed ...

Nasa engineers discovered that more charred material than anticipated This unexpected loss raised concerns about the heat shield's durability The investigation involved over 100 tests across various ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the Orion spacecraft heat shield underwent extensive testing after the 2022 Artemis 1 flight around the Moon to understand the risks to astronauts. NASA Deputy ...

The most common form of heat shield used today is made of phenol plastic. First developed in the 1950s, these protect returning spacecraft by what is called ablative shielding.

Lauren Weber joined The Washington Post in 2023 as an accountability reporter focused on the forces promoting scientific and medical disinformation. She previously investigated the decimated ...

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