Orion heat shield skin arrival on Super Guppy aircraft at Moffet Airfield, California. The heat shield skin for the Artemis IV mission, the third crewed mission to the Moon, is now at Moffett Federal Airfield near NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, for the next phase of production. The heat shield skin is made up of many layers of carbon fabric that are activated by a resin. Once cured, the resin will first soften, then harden to consolidate the skin for the necessary mechanical strength properties it needs for Orion's thermal protection system. Credit: NASA/DRichey

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Size: 6240px × 4160px
Location: USA, Calfornia, Silicon Valley, Moffett Federal Airfield
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
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