The capsule that carried Apollo 11 astronauts safely back to Earth in 1969 used a heat shield made of epoxy resin to protect its contents from the 5,000-degree heat of reentry. The resin ...

The space agency boasted in a press release that it's working with Rocket Lab, a California-based aerospace manufacturer, to apply a heat shield onto the small space capsule that's scheduled to ...

The STEEP program will focus on developing the deployable heat shield system designed to enhance the performance and survivability of payloads reentering Earth’s atmosphere. Over the contract ...