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NASAs Orion spacecraft performed better than expected on its first deep-space flight despite experiencing unpredicted loss of its heat shield material. Space.com reports: During Tuesdays call, NASA program managers revealed that Orions heat shield did not perform as expected, losing more materia...

Artemis I mission launched on Nov. 16, 2022 and then returned on Dec. 11, 2022. Uncrewed, it tested the Orion spacecraft and the SLS rocket, the most powerful rocket ever used.

The heat shield issue notwithstanding, NASA reported steady progress toward the anticipated crewed launch of Artemis 2 in November 2024.

We'll be following the inaugural launch of Japan's H3 rocket and a mysterious Russian mission.

/PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST Tuesday, March 7, to provide an update on data analyzed thus far on the agencys Artemis I...

/PRNewswire/ -- Karman Space & Defense ("Karman"), an integrated concept-to-production solutions provider for mission-critical systems, including crewed-space...

The SLS liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in November exceeded pre-launch noise models by more than 20 decibels, new research found.

The sudden change in geography should result in a slight delay to the mission, but it'll allow NASA to explore the region ahead of its crewed Artemis missions.

Once seen as entirely separate markets with different audiences, the anglophone and francophone hip-hop scenes in Quebec are increasingly intertwined.

The upcoming 1.4-million-gallon liquid hydrogen tank at Kennedy Space Center will increase the rate at which NASA can conduct launch attempts.