With the Artemis 2 mission scheduled for September 2025, NASA is conducting additional testing to resolve issues with the heat shield’s performance during reentry. The Orion spacecraft suffered unexpected damage and lost more ablative material than expected during its return to 2022.
Concerns about the integrity of the heat shield could impact the safety of astronauts and lead NASA to consider options for changing the spacecraft’s design or altering its reentry orbit.
Time will tell what tactics the agency chooses.
Source: Ferra
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