April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... utilisation, far more attractive, rather than just relying on surface solar or nuclear power. Spacecraft on exploration missions powered by electric propulsion could be given an additional SBSP-provided boost during their accelerating phase. This...
April 2025
Strapped for success - from racetrack to orbit
.... These innovations would align with the growing vision of sustainable and scalable human presence on the Moon. As exploration missions push further into deep space, these systems will need to evolve to address new challenges, including prolonged...
November 2025
Unlocking the secrets of Europa
... reach Jupiter. International collaboration The quest to explore Europa is a global endeavour. NASA’s Europa Clipper mission complements the European Space Agency’s JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission, which will also study Europa, along with...
11 February 2016
$19 Billion NASA Budget Proposed by White House
... impossible.” Radzanowski said that the budget supports a 2018 launch of the first SLS/Orion mission, Exploration Mission (EM) 1, and a 2023 launch of EM-2. Progress made to date thanks to increased funding, though, could still allow an EM-2 launch...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... components and materials for the EUS, and build up tooling," he added. NASA is currently on track to launch an uncrewed Exploration Mission (EM) in 2018, however the detailed SLS assessment is a big step forward in being ready for more capable human...
18 June 2018
ESA Council backs Lunar gateway venture
... European contributions to an international Mars Sample Return mission or other sample return missions; and examining scenarios and mission concepts for lunar exploration missions supporting the objectives of the European scientific community...
