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...
02 October 2019
First look at China's new spacecraft capable of deep-space travel
... and other deep-space destinations. Looking a lot like the crew and service module from NASA’s Orion spacecraft which the US agency hope will carry their astronauts to the Gateway ahead of lunar surface missions beginning...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
... a cascade of radiation particles and photons, including neutrons. Active radiation shielding using 6+1 expansion coil architecture. The Orion spacecraft will use the mass that is already on board to protect the crew of long-distance missions to Mars...
December 2014
Technology drives space exploration: we won’t make it to Mars without investment
... this year, NASA will launch the first test flight of the Orion spacecraft. We are building the rocket that will carry us out into ... With the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket and Orion spacecraft coming online soon, the next great leaps in space...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
... life support for four astronauts aboard the Orion crew module. We are also working with... will achieve new dimensions in exploration and operations. Aeronautics, spacecraft engineering and all other related disciplines are definitely an exciting field...
08 October 2018
A round-up of news from this years IAC
... individuals at an industry-defining price of $1.2 million per kilogram. Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft announced it was looking for ideas of commercial uses, including payloads, science, STEM, art and entertainment...
