30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
...two weeks at a time. 2016 was a busy year for Orion as critical systems such as avionics components and propulsion tubing were fitted...suits that are being developed for astronauts in Orion. Once completed, Orion will launch on NASA’s new heavy-lift ...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
..., and a partial but significant attenuation of the galactic cosmic ray environment during sleep and rest periods. Orion is also designed to function as a radiation shelter. An artist’s rendering of the Deimos Excursion Vehicle departing from the Mars...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... vehicle. Beginning with Block 1B and the EM-2 mission, a Universal Stage Adapter will allow a payload to fly with Orion with as much accommodation volume as the current industry-standard 5 m diameter fairing. The Block 1B configuration will also...
17 May 2017
SLS/Orion mission delayed until 2019
...was followed shortly afterwards with an announcement that the SLS/Orion mission would not be taking astronauts with it on its...Inspector General. NASA has been hard at work constructing the Orion spacecraft, its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the...
09 April 2018
Plans for first-ever luxury space hotel unveiled
... agenda instead. Unveiled at the recent Space 2.0 summit in San Jose, California, the Aurora Station is the vision of Orion Span; a privately funded space entrepreneurial company who are promising space tourists the opportunity to immerse themselves...
18 June 2018
ESA Council backs Lunar gateway venture
... and Mars. ESA is also busy building a European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft - another project designed to take humans deeper into space. Orion – named after one of the largest constellations in the night sky – will...
