Artemis II Heat Shield
A post‑mission comparison of the Orion spacecraft heat shields from Artemis I (left) and Artemis II (right) are shown after removal from their crew modules. Both heat shields are seen rotated for inspection inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- Date
- 2026-06-08
- Photographer / author
- NASA
- Collection
- KSC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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