Unlike a gentle splashdown in the Earth's oceans or even a touchdown on Mars, landing on the Moon comes with a set of ...

If you’ve watched a Saturn V launch, you’ve probably seen how a large rocket will often jettison a stage on the way up. There are several reasons for this — there is no reason to haul an empty fuel ...

Declassified transcripts from two Apollo missions show astronauts repeatedly describing unexplained lights and objects while orbiting and walking on the moon. The Pentagon on Friday released ...

The Apollo 17 lunar crew once reported seeing unidentified, strange bright sparks in space that looked like “Fourth of July” fireworks, according to UFO files finally released by the Pentagon on ...

Rowan said the economy looks solid on the surface, but he put the odds of an exogenous shock at 30% to 35%, citing geopolitical shifts, inflationary pressures and AI-driven disruption. Apollo is ...

The Artemis 2 heat shield looks like a sunken treasure from the Titanic in an underwater shot following splashdown. The mission's Orion capsule splashed down off the coast of San Diego on April 10, ...

Artemis II aced its trial-by-fire reentry, despite some concerns that the Orion spacecraft's heat shield would not hold up, a ghostly photo of the spacecraft's underside taken soon after splashdown ...

IN LAW, JARED KUSHNER, EARLIER TODAY TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS. WE’RE GETTING NEW DETAILS ON A CRITICAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HELPED RETURN THE ARTEMIS TWO ASTRONAUTS TO EARTH SAFELY. NASA IS NOW ...

When Artemis 2 came blazing back to Earth on April 10, all eyes were on the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. This critical hardware, designed to protect the capsule and its crew from the extreme ...

NASA had a tough decision to make after the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield came back with severe damage on the Artemis I mission: Stick with it at the possible risk of human lives, or replace it and ...

The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance gave high marks Thursday to their moonship, especially the heat shield, for its performance during reentry. In their first news conference ...

Orion capsule's heat shield a critical barrier protecting crew on re-entry Changes were made after heat shield damage in uncrewed Artemis I mission NASA plans another pre-lunar landing mission next ...