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NASA moon capsule suffered extensive damage during 2022 test flight

The Orion spacecraft’s heat shield “chipped away unexpectedly” in more than 100 places, according to an agency watchdog.

May 2, 2024 at 10:58 a.m. EDT
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NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission after its return from its test flight in 2022. (Regan Geeseman/NASA)
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The heat shield of the Orion spacecraft intended one day to carry astronauts to the moon under NASA’s Artemis program suffered unexpected damage in more than 100 places as the spacecraft returned to Earth during an uncrewed test flight in 2022, according to a watchdog report released late Wednesday.

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