NASA Determines Cause for Orion Heat Shield Charring Written 29 October 2024
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Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians install the heat shield to the Orion crew module July 25, 2018 | Credit: Kim Shiflett; NASA
Aviation Week reports, “NASA says it has determined why its Orion spacecraft returned from its 25-day Artemis I flight test around the Moon with unexpected charring in its heat shield. Agency officials, however, declined to release its findings, pending ongoing internal discussions about next steps.”
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