Inspections are underway 🔍⁣ ⁣ Inside the Multi Payload Processing Facility at NASAKennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers and technicians conduct inspections of the heat shield used on the Orion spacecraft during the #Artemis I mission. Orion returned to Kennedy on Dec. 30, 2022, after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 11 following a 25.5-day mission around the Moon.⁣ ⁣ Technicians will take air samples within the capsule ahead of repositioning the spacecraft into a service stand that will allow crews to access its interior. Technicians will then open the crew module hatch to perform inspections and begin removing the internal avionics boxes and payloads. After conducting detailed inspections and testing, the avionics boxes will be reused for the Artemis II mission.⁣ ⁣ Image description: Technicians examine the heat shield which experienced temperatures near 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2760 degrees Celsius) while the capsule reentered Earth’s atmosphere. The deflated crew m...