30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
..., engineers have begun subjecting candidates to a series of vibration tests at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Orion spacecraft is similar to NASA’s Apollo capsule but will carry up to six astronauts instead of three (as Apollo did) but...
17 May 2017
SLS/Orion mission delayed until 2019
... of its Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), NASA have postponed its... of Inspector General. NASA has been hard at work constructing the Orion spacecraft, its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground and...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
...ATV) and the European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. More than 40 per cent of European ISS ... 2018 to support the search for a suitable place for the main spacecraft to acquire a sample that will be returned to Earth. In addition...
27 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
NASA is working on an improved heat shield for the Orion spacecraft using data gathered by Orion on its Exploration Flight Test -1. The heat shield will be used for Orion's Exploration Mission (EM) -1, planned to take off no earlier than the end of ...
02 September 2015
Orion and NASA’s Mission to Mars at IAC 2015
... that “every day we are making great progress on the design and build of the next Orion spacecraft. This is the spacecraft that will take humans to Mars one day, and I’m looking forward to sharing where we are on that journey...
01 December 2014
Orion service module contract for Airbus
... modules for NASA’s four crew Orion MPCV deep-space capsule. The module is to be constructed at an Airbus facility in Bremen, Germany. Based on the successful Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo spacecraft that has been resupplying the International...
