In other words, the new material, a carbide ceramic, is capable of surviving temperatures exceeding the current thermal limits on hypersonic flight, a report from the South China ...

The heat shield, made of a material called Avcoat, is attached to the base of the Orion spacecraft in 186 blocks. A char layer that builds up on the outer skin of the Avcoat material is supposed ...

The heat shield, made of a material called Avcoat, was supposed to gradually and evenly burn away when the Orion spacecraft plunged into the atmosphere at a velocity of more than 24,500 mph ...

On Dec. 11, 2022 – the time of the Artemis I reentry – this shield took severe damage, which delayed the next two Artemis missions. While engineers are now working to prevent the same issues ...

NASA’s Artemis program has hit a critical snag—over 100 unexpected cracks have been discovered in the Orion capsule’s heat shield following the uncrewed Artemis I mission. The damage, far ...

Chinese scientists have developed a carbide ceramic that can endure temperatures up to 3,600 degrees Celsius, surpassing existing thermal limits for hypersonic flight.

The Orion heat shield is covered in tiles made of a material that will burn up when exposed to extreme heat. NASA/Isaac Watson. At these scorching temperatures, ...

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.

European startup Atmos achieved a milestone with Phoenix 1's successful orbital test flight, showcasing innovative space logistics and inflatable heat shield technology.

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.

“And so, Trump and a lot of his advisers see Elon Musk as a useful heat shield. I think that if you start seeing as one of them said to me, ...