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NASA finds Orion heatshield cracks won't cook Artemis II crew
As for the heat shield, NASA determined the gasses generated ... They provided around 200 Orion Avcoat samples for detailed sampling of the shield, reviewed imagery and data from spacecraft ...
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NASA pushes first Moon landing since Apollo era to 2027
But the maneuver did not go according to plan. Orion's heat shield is coated in an outer layer of material called Avcoat, designed to guard the capsule and its crew against temperatures ...