China ’s plans to put boots on the Moon by 2030 are on track with tests proceeding as per schedule, the country’s space ...

China’s plans to put boots on the Moon by 2030 are on track with tests proceeding as per schedule, the country’s space agency ...

NASA will use the Orion capsule with its original heat shield for the next flight with four astronauts, according to Nelson, but make changes to the reentry path at flight's end. To rip off and ...

Space missions are all about precision and planning… or at least, they’re supposed to be. But even in the vast, high-tech ...

Artemis II, aiming to send astronauts around the moon ... However, the Orion spacecraft's heat shield performed in unexpected ways, including showing erosion upon reentry. What was found to ...

The heat shield must protect the spacecraft, equipment, and potentially astronauts from these extreme conditions. To compound the challenge, the heat shield must also be as light as possible to ...

NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher and higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS stage adapter and interim ...

NASA plans to send humans back to the moon. Some question the mission’s price tag, others call it “the moon on the cheap.” ...

Space missions are all about precision and planning… or at least, they’re supposed to be. But even in the vast, high-tech world of outer space, things don’t always go as planned. Over the ...