NASA craft to face heat-shield test on its first astronaut flight next year

The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...

NASA could be weeks away from its biggest test in decades

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.
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How metal heat tiles nearly burned Starship alive

SpaceX tested metal heat shield tiles on Starship Flight 10 hoping they would be stronger and easier to manufacture than ...