It delivered roughly one metric ton (MT) to the surface through the use of an ablative heat shield for aero-braking, supersonic parachutes, and retro-propulsion. This achieved the “softest” landing ...

The particular concern was with Orion’s heat shield, separation bolts, and power distribution, as during the reentry process for Artemis I, the capsule’s ablative heat shield wore away more ...

Orion uses ablative shielding ... NASA says it will continue with the same heat shield setup for Artemis II, which will include a crew without a lunar landing. However, the vehicle's reentry ...

And there's two different types of heat shields. There are ones that don't damage when they come in. So think about like a space shuttle tile that can be reused. And then there are ablative heat ...