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There are 'reasons to be confident' about faulty Artemis II heat shield ahead of 25,000 mph reentry

The Artemis II Orion spacecraft is expected to splash down later today (April 10) as the world waits to welcome back the mission's record-setting crew. So far, the Artemis II moon mission has been a ...
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There’s an issue with the Artemis II heat shield, but NASA isn't worried. Here's why

The Artemis II astronauts are about to return from a record-setting trip around the moon, but is their Orion spacecraft's heat shield safe to bring them home? NASA and the astronauts say yes, but not ...
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Artemis II’s return to Earth will test Orion’s biggest flaw: the heat shield

(CNN) — As four astronauts complete their historic trip around the moon in NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft, they’ll be testing a known flaw — one that had some experts urging the space agency ...