February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
...’ missions have been suggested and may offer a future solution: they include using a crewed DreamChaser or possibly an Orion or Dragon capsule to re-boost the telescope’s orbit and extend its lifespan. These rendezvous options were certainly...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... and 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...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... and operation. Other countries could offer components, which might or might not be accepted (Europe builds the Orion service module, for example), but it would be NASA-supervised and directed throughout. Having been a co-equal on the...
January 2022
Revealing the magnetic universe
...-mass (Sun-like) protostar. Similar features have now been observed by SOFIA on larger (1-100 pc) scales of the Orion star-forming region and a super star cluster in 30 Doradus, more than 10 and 1000 times bigger than...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... (for “water stagnation” reasons); instead, lunar-orbiting astronauts will be required to use the one in the Orion capsule. This design decision was further rationalised by explaining that, in contrast to the International Space Station, Gateway...
07 January 2016
France and Germany May Withdraw from ISS in 2020
... Vehicle, NASA and ESA agreed that the barter would include Europe's service module contribution to NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle – whose mission is not centered on the international space station but destinations beyond low...
