17 August 2016
NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission Review Complete
... provide final anchoring of the boulder to the capture mechanism. Credit: NASA artist’s concept The Asteroid Redirect Mission is expected to send a robotic spacecraft to an asteroid in near-earth space. The spacecraft will retrieve a boulder of a few...
17 May 2017
SLS/Orion mission delayed until 2019
... these three programs since 2012 in order to get its Exploration Mission - 1 (EM-1) off the ground, but despite mounting costs –... sufficiently. NASA did intend to follow-up the EM-1 mission with its EM-2 mission, however this is also likely to be put ...
20 October 2017
NASA Psyche mission to use laser communication
... Changing Development Program. STMD stands for Space Technology Mission Directorate and laser communication is expected to revolutionise future...beam knows where to transmit back to. For the Psyche mission, the laser beacon to DSOC will be sent from ...
19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
... been previously demonstrated at the scale required by the Gateway,” says the report. “If additional modules are added, or mission requirements expand, the Gateway would face higher technology integration risk, especially for power, propulsion, and...
06 October 2021
UAE aims to flyby Venus and land on an asteroid in new 5yr mission
...the 50 projects, the UAE launched a new space mission... a mission to explore the planet Venus and 7 other asteroids ... the Universe and the formation of our Solar System”, the mission is also aimed at creating more opportunities in the private sector...
23 July 2020
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission launches successfully
... on the ground. Ahead of their own launch, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine congratulated China’s successful start to their mission; “With today’s launch, China is on its way to join the community of international scientific explorers at Mars. The United...
