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...
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 serve...
20 April 2018
Jim Bridenstine confirmed as new NASA Administrator
... from the newly appointed Administrator? At the hearing, Bridenstine 100 percent supported the continued development of the Orion spacecraft and his stance on a permanent US lunar outpost echoes that of the President’s longer-term outlook. It will...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... (TLI). The crew configuration of the Block 1B vehicle will carry up to an additional 10 tons of payload along with the Orion spacecraft. The Block 2 configuration will increase that performance to more than 130 metric tons to LEO, and at least...
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...
