"Based on the data, we have decided, unanimously, to move forward with the current Artemis 2/Orion capsule and heat shield with a modified entry trajectory...to lessen the heat coming back into ...

But planners will alter the reentry trajectory to minimize the issues experienced during Artemis 1. "For Artemis 2, engineers will limit how long Orion spends in the temperature range in which the ...

on Artemis 2, SLS will leave the Orion and four-person crew in an elliptical high Earth orbit. The trajectory will set up Orion to fly a “hybrid triple” orbit mission. After the first low ...

NASA has released a detailed animation (above) showing how the Artemis II mission will look ... home by Earth’s gravity in a free return trajectory, ensuring a fuel-efficient four-day trip.” ...

For Artemis 2 the stage will stop short of delivering Orion on a trajectory to the Moon, leaving the crewed spacecraft in a high Earth orbit. The ICPS would then make a third burn with residual ...

"Whereas Arizona’s Grand Canyon was carved by water over the last 5 to 6 million years and from integrated paleocanyons that ...