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Orion's Heat Shield Passes NASA's Review After Artemis II

Further engineering analysis by NASA has shown that the Orion spacecraft's heat shield worked as expected during Artemis II. The mission took four astronauts around the Moon and back to Earth. A heat shield is a protective layer that keeps high heat from burning a returning spacecraft. During its return into Earth's atmosphere, Orion reached a top speed of 39…

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