June 2015
Space, secular stagnation, and the economic crisis
... capabilities have never been taken advantage of such as the ability to assemble space vehicles headed for commercial or exploration missions. Expanding the ISS into an industrial facility could enable the goal of providing all of Earth’s citizens...
15 November 2019
First public test of Mars lander for China ahead of 2020 launch
...exception of those launched by NASA. The event at Huailai marked the first public appearance of China's Mars exploration mission, and was attended by a number of officials including Wu Yanhua, vice administrator of China National Space Administration...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
... parts” of the first SLS rocket’s core stage, according to the report. Now the rocket’s first mission, previously known as Exploration Mission 1 and now Artemis 1, will probably slip to March 2021, if not later, representing more than a three...
11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
... Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China's first Mars exploration mission unveiled four new images of Mars that include the ...the Red Planet for 28 Martian days to carry out scientific exploration. Meanwhile, earlier in the week, a Long March 2F rocket...
15 October 2018
SETI partners with MeerKAT to search for alien life
...detection technologies to further the search for extraterrestrial life. So far, says the report, NASA’s planetary exploration missions have tended to focus more strongly on geological perspectives, however this should be addressed so that the rapidly...
08 February 2021
UAE Hope probe poised to enter Mars' orbit tomorrow
The UAE’s first interplanetary exploration mission, the Hope probe, is expecting to enter Mars’ orbit tomorrow (9 February) at about 7.42 pm UAE time (15:42 GMT) following its ...
