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NASA, Lockheed Unpack Successes and Failures of Orion Capsule


NASA and its partners are sifting through data after the Artemis II crew splashed down on Earth, including discoloration of the heat shield on the Lockheed Martin-built Orion Crew Capsule. Kirk Shireman, head of human space flight at Lockheed Martin, says the heat shield performed exceptionally and most of the more than 12 million parts did what they were supposed to. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.”

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