WASHINGTON, DC—This week, NASA’s new administrator, Jared Isaacman, said he has “full confidence” in the space agency’s plans ...

Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over the rippling sea as waves sloshed around the USS Portland dock ship. Navy officials on the deck scrutinized the sky in search of a ...

On the eve of the first crewed flight of the Artemis program, NASA’s top leadership has zeroed in on a single, unforgiving ...

NASA identified more than 100 locations where ablative thermal protective material was liberated during its speedy reentry. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Engineers have identified the issue with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, but NASA isn’t revealing the details yet. Reading time 3 minutes NASA finally knows what caused the erosion of the Orion ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will land the next American astronauts and first international astronaut on the South Pole region of the Moon. On Thursday, ...

Less than a year after announcing major delays for the next two Artemis moon missions, NASA managers said Thursday the projected flight dates are slipping once again, with the first piloted voyage ...

Human's return to the moon will wait another year, NASA leadership announced on Thursday, after an investigation into their lunar spacecraft found some issues following its first uncrewed trip around ...

Orion's selfie with Earth and the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA's Orion spacecraft might have successfully traveled to the Moon and back, but its equipment wasn't fully stable throughout the journey. Now, ...

Each Avcoat-filled cell in the heat shield’s honeycomb structure is inspected by a robotic X-ray scanner. Once the Avcoat application is complete, the heat shield will be machined, sealed, primed, and ...