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Orion gets its heat shield

Photo: NASA/Cory Huston
Photo: NASA/Cory Huston

On June 25, engineers completed the installation of the heat shield for the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Artemis 2, powered by NASA’s gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, is expected to take off in late 2024.