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Artemis I Homestretch Has Challenges, Rewards

Mark Carreau December 06, 2022

Orion

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Now in the homestretch of its so-far-successful uncrewed test flight around the Moon, NASA’s Artemis I Orion capsule still has two of its four primary mission objectives yet to achieve. One is demonstrating that its heat shield is rugged enough to endure a 25,000-mph, 5,000F re-entry into...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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