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...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
... on a regularly recurring basis beyond the initial crewed demonstration mission. With NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, HLS, and the Gateway lunar outpost, NASA and its commercial and international partners are returning...
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...
