30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... tests at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Orion spacecraft is similar to NASA’s Apollo capsule but will carry up to six astronauts instead of three (as Apollo did) but its purpose is long-haul flight. The spacecraft will serve as the...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... Age with the supply of cork insulating material to many early US missions such as the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules and the Saturn V launcher. However, it was only in 1989 that Portugal joined the first space-related...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
...over the horizon. The thin metal shell of the Apollo capsules protected the astronauts from most types of radiation on...of protection and functionality. A cutaway illustration of NASA’s Orion capsule. The vest is due to be tested on the Orion mission ...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... from Mars. Crews would rendezvous with their Earth return capsule around the Moon and return to Earth from the Moon... docking, extravehicular capability, weeks-long mission duration, the Apollo capsule, the Saturn rockets, and the lunar lander. Our ...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... from Mars. Crews would rendezvous with their Earth return capsule around the Moon and return to Earth from the Moon...docking, extravehicular capability, weeks-long mission duration, the Apollo capsule, the Saturn rockets and the lunar lander. Our ...
25 April 2018
The Final Mission: Preserving NASA’s Apollo Sites
... sites, legal frameworks for historic preservation and some ‘success stories’ in space preservation (which of course includes Apollo capsules and other equipment in museums around the world). This is an academic but readable book. It has a 12-page...
