Sweating Heat Shields Could Be the Future Of Reusable Spacecraft 3D-printed material can off-gas a coolant, which acts as a barrier against heat buildup during descent and atmospheric re-entry.

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Novolac, the material that makes up Orion’s heat shield, is made up of atoms arranged in linked hexagons. Smokefoot/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA ...

NASA officials discussed the heat shield issue, and broader plans for the Artemis program, in a press conference in Washington on Thursday. But the event's timing added a coat of incredulity to ...

The most common form of heat shield used today is made of phenol plastic. First developed in the 1950s, these protect returning spacecraft by what is called ablative shielding.

NASA finally knows what caused the erosion of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield following its historic trip to the Moon in 2022, but the space agency is not telling, at least not yet.

After Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean a couple weeks later, however, NASA spotted a problem with the spacecraft's heat shield. It had cracked and chipped in more than 100 places.

The question here is whether NASA managers decide it is safe enough to fly the Orion heat shield as-is on Artemis II or if it is too risky with people onboard. Artemis II will be a 10-day mission ...

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 ...

Operation Heat Shield V, a large-scale training exercise for coordinated terrorist attacks, is scheduled to take place this week across Broward County. The exercise, planned to begin Wednesday ...