28 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
...NASA's next generation spacecraft, will take astronauts Beyond Low-Earth Orbit (BLEO) and into deep space. Orion can carry...the craft from extreme temperatures experienced on reentry into Earth's atmosphere. During Orion's Exploration Flight Test (EFT...
09 December 2015
France and Germany Confirm Plans to Launch Methane Monitoring Satellite
... million euros ($266 million), which includes construction and launch of the satellite, three years operations in low Earth orbit, and the ground infrastructure. The launch is expected to happen in 2020 on either a Europeanized Russian Soyuz rocket...
07 January 2016
France and Germany May Withdraw from ISS in 2020
...’s Orion crew exploration vehicle – whose mission is not centered on the international space station but destinations beyond low Earth orbit. ESA has already reduced its ISS operating costs – not including the common operating charges – by more...
08 February 2016
Japan’s Astro-H mission due to launch on February 12, 2016
... Exploration Agency (JAXA) and is due to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center, aboard an H-IIA rocket into low Earth orbit in a few days time. The purpose of ASTRO-H is to explore the structure and evolution of the high energy Universe...
10 February 2016
Spaceflight Awarded First GSA Schedule Contract for Satellite Launch Services
... Synch Express,” Spaceflight’s first dedicated rideshare mission, will launch in the second half of 2017 to a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. The continuing success of Spaceflight has seen the company launch 81 satellites to date with a further 135...
07 April 2017
Astronauts can zip to safety with new Emergency Egress System (EES) from ULA
... by providing the Atlas V rocket to send up to seven passengers, or a mix of crew and cargo, for missions to a low-Earth orbit. With a goal similar to that of SpaceX’s to recycle rockets, Starliner, Boeings first commercial spacecraft, will be able...
