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...
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...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... test, known as a hot fire, is a critical milestone ahead of the agency’s Artemis I mission, which will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test flight around the Moon and back to Earth, paving the way for future Artemis missions...
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...
