October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... of waste heat generated. In the case of nuclear-powered spacecraft, long distances are necessitated due to safety considerations, and the...the world. Artist’s impression of the Orion spacecraft re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. Radiation shielding The...
02 April 2020
Thousands Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation, #BeAnAstronaut
... corps, more will be needed to serve as crew aboard spacecraft bound for multiple destinations and propel exploration forward as part of...NASA’s powerful new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis missions to the Moon. Beginning in...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
... 2024, Hera is the European contribution to an international double-spacecraft collaboration. After travelling to the Didymos pair of near-Earth ...and the European service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Another big winner of the meeting was...
February 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... Artist’s illustration depicting a ‘Plymouth Rock’ asteroid mission with astronauts and NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft, designed specifically for deep space missions NASA exchanged samples with the Soviet Union, helping to deplete ...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... Russia, are also planning lunar exploration programmes. A view of the full Gateway configuration with an approaching Orion spacecraft. Artemis activities will be just as different. Instead of the ‘flags and footprints’ of Apollo, the Artemis Program...
09 November 2016
How a Trump presidency might affect US space policy
... Trump administration will take a hard look at costly NASA programmes, such as the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, which could be replaced by cheaper, private alternatives. During the campaign Trump admitted in response to one question that...
