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NASA Has Identified the Cause of Orion's Heat Shield Problem—But It's Keeping It Under Wraps

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, ...
RealClearScience

NASA Is Treating Orion's Heat Shield Problems as a Secret

For those who follow NASA's human spaceflight program, when the Orion spacecraft's heat shield cracked and chipped away during atmospheric reentry on the unpiloted Artemis I test flight in late 2022, ...
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NASA delays Artemis Moon Mission to 2026 over heat shield problems, here's how SpaceX aced the challenge

NASA has announced another delay in its plans to send astronauts back to the Moon. Bill Nelson, the agency’s administrator, confirmed that the second mission of the Artemis program is now scheduled ...
Ars Technica

For some reason, NASA is treating Orion’s heat shield problems as a secret

“I’m not going to share right now. When it comes out, it’ll all come out together.” ...