The Orion capsule's heat shield had issues during the uncrewed Artemis 1 moon mission in late 2022. Here are the steps NASA ...

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 ...

Credit: Marc Ward/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images; elements courtesy of NASA A team of researchers from Texas A&M University is developing a new 3D printed material that can release a coolant gas ...

An ablative heat shield working as designed would shed material relatively evenly (varying a bit due to orientation). The real problem here is that the heat shield isn't just ablating. It's spalling - ...

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently finished meticulously applying more than 180 blocks of ablative material to the heat shield for the Orion spacecraft set to carry ...

Researchers at U.K. are helping NASA improve the durability of a rocket's heat shields. In December, NASA announced it's sending a second Artemis rocket into space. Aiding in its mission are ...

SpaceX has ablative heat shield underneath the 18,000+ heat shield tiles. SpaceX Starship is going through peak heating and looks good and undamaged for the orbital re-entry and return. Now about ten ...