Back in late February, several military sources indicated that Russia was working on a more advanced version of the ...

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 ...

Fedir Venislavskyi said the "air spaceport" could one day pave the way to counter Russia's Oreshnik hypersonic missile.

SEATTLE — Federal prosecutors in Western Washington say they are stepping up illegal reentry cases, pointing to what they describe as a growing effort to prevent people with criminal histories from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s historic Artemis II mission comes to an end on Friday, April 10, when the spacecraft returns from the moon in an ...

After a record-breaking journey around the Moon, the Artemis II crew is heading home. Join us as we cover the final moments of humanity's first voyage to the lunar neighborhood in over 50 years. After ...

The Artemis II crew survived liftoff, radiation fields and a lunar flyby. But a former NASA astronaut says Friday’s reentry could be the most dangerous moment of all. The Artemis II spacecraft is ...

The heat shield is made of a material called Avcoat that is supposed to melt away during re-entry, keeping the Orion crew capsule protected from intense temperatures. The heat shield is made of a ...

Update: The Artemis II crew splashed down to end its mission successfully on Friday, April 10. Follow the latest here. Within seconds, temperatures across its 16.5-foot-wide heat shield will climb to ...

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Artemis II's Orion capsule with the Integrity crew aboard is racing back to Earth for the Friday 8:07 p.m. ET splashdown in the pacific. The USS John P Murtha will be receiving the capsule and crew.

NASA’s Artemis II mission blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying four astronauts on a trip to the moon. Photo: Joe Skipper/Reuters The crew of NASA’s Artemis mission made it around the moon.