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NASA: Orion capsule experienced several ‘anomalies’ during re-entry, splashdown

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WHNT) – After the Orion space capsule’s ...
IFLScience

Orion Will Attempt Reentry Approach Never Used By Spacecraft Designed For Humans

NASA’s Orion is coming back to Earth on Sunday using the skip reentry technique, a way to control where a spacecraft will land by bouncing on the atmosphere. This approach has been planned since the ...
Gizmodo

Orion Will ‘Skip Like a Rock’ Across Earth’s Atmosphere During Upcoming Reentry

The Artemis 1 mission is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the hard part is over. The uncrewed Orion spacecraft, currently on its way home from the Moon, must still survive a harrowing reentry ...
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Artemis: Orion re-enters the moon’s gravity for the last time

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOUSTON, TX (WHNT) — The Orion spacecraft ...
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‘A new day has dawned’ | Orion returns to Earth to complete Artemis I mission

NASA chased down the Orion spacecraft after its record-breaking reentry into Earth’s atmosphere Sunday to conclude the Artemis I mission that lifted off from Kennedy Space Center more that three weeks ...
Yahoo

NASA’s crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I − an aerospace expert on these critical spacecraft components

Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over the rippling sea as waves sloshed around the USS Portland dock ship. Navy officials on the deck scrutinized the sky in search of a ...
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Amazing Time-Lapse Of Artemis 1 Spacecraft and Earth Hours Before Re-Entry

See the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft and Earth about 2 hours prior to splashdown in this time-lapse. Credit: NASA | time-lapse by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: A Rising Sun by Alan Ellis / courtesy o ...
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Watch NASA’s Thrilling Video Of Its Orion Spacecraft Coming In Like A Fireball

NASA is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Orion spacecraft making a spectacular reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. The feat was part of the Artemis 1 mission that completed a 1.4 million-mile ...
Houston Press

Report Finds NASA’s Orion Capsule Sustained Heat Shield Damage

Although NASA’s unmanned test flight of the Orion spacecraft in December 2022 was hailed as a triumph, the federal space agency found it had less to celebrate when they started examining the capsule, ...
SpaceNews

NASA preparing for Orion splashdown to conclude Artemis 1

NASA crews rehearsed plans to recover the Orion spacecraft at sea earlier this month. The Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft is scheduled to splash down Dec. 11 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja ...
Ars Technica

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is about to face its final test—and it’s a big one

NASA's Artemis I mission is nearly complete, and so far Orion's daring flight far beyond the Moon has gone about as well as the space agency could hope. However, to get a passing grade, the mission ...