Two small camera probes separated from a Starship upper stage during its 12th integrated test flight in June 2026, drifting ...

For the first time, we have an outsider’s view of what Starship endures on the way home. Two small camera satellites, ...

Initial reports have confirmed NASA's assessment that the Orion heat shield kept the Artemis II crew safe during re-entry.

Starship Flight 12 deploys "inspector" satellites to scan its heat shield. See how SpaceX is testing a critical path to rapid ...

Social media users were quick to point out what looks like a large piece of missing material from the bottom of the ...

Despite problems during the unpiloted Artemis I reentry, the Artemis II crew is confident their heat shield will protect them during a fiery descent to Earth.

IN LAW, JARED KUSHNER, EARLIER TODAY TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS. WE’RE GETTING NEW DETAILS ON A CRITICAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HELPED RETURN THE ARTEMIS TWO ASTRONAUTS TO EARTH SAFELY. NASA IS NOW ...

Artemis II aced its trial-by-fire reentry, despite some concerns that the Orion spacecraft's heat shield would not hold up, a ghostly photo of the spacecraft's underside taken soon after splashdown ...

After traveling more than 250,000 miles from Earth, the Artemis II Orion spacecraft landed within a mile of its intended target, reaching speeds of up to 24,664 mph. “This crew has said time and again ...

NASA would like to start stacking the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II mission—the first human flight around the Moon since 1972—sometime next month, but the agency’s exploration chief ...

SpaceX is upgrading Starship’s heat shield with new tiles that are twice as strong as the previous version used during the flight 4 test. SpaceX is adingd an ablative secondary structure behind the ...