Yuh-Kyung Lee

So during the first Artemis one mission, we saw that there were some issues with Orion's heat shield upon reentry.

They had noticed some chunks of it had basically, you know, fallen off when when the Orion capsule exploded.

splash down.

And so that was kind of a test of what is to come.

And, you know, they're trying out a different type of reentry this time in which the Orion capsule will be exposed to those fiery temperatures for less amount of time.

So, you know, NASA says they feel very confident in the performance of the heat shield this time around.

Yeah, so Lockheed Martin has said that they have done a very comprehensive investigation following Artemis I of their heat shield and, you know, what exactly went wrong and have done more testing with the heat shield of, you know, the current capsule to ensure that

that they wouldn't face the same issues again with this different type of reentry.

So they definitely feel confident.

And they have also engineered a new type of heat shield for the following Artemis missions, starting with Artemis 3.

So, you know, they've said that they have really investigated the issues, worked through them, fixed them, and that will be implemented on the subsequent missions following this one.