Shortly after NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. In the months after, the agency measured whether the thermal protection system effectively safeguarded the crew and Orion systems as the…
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October 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown
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Excerpt from NASA.