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NASA Has Identified the Cause of Orion's Heat Shield Problem—But It's Keeping It Under Wraps

Orion's selfie with Earth and the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA's Orion spacecraft might have successfully traveled to the Moon and back, but its equipment wasn't fully stable throughout the journey. Now, ...
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For some reason, NASA is treating Orion’s heat shield problems as a secret

For those who follow NASA's human spaceflight program, when the Orion spacecraft's heat shield cracked and chipped away during atmospheric reentry on the unpiloted Artemis I test flight in late 2022, ...