18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
... Launch System (SLS), receive $2,585.9 million, of which $300 million is for the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS); Orion gets $1,406.7 million; Exploration Research and Development receives $1,435 million, of which $450 million is for Gateway...
30 December 2019
Will Betelgeuse go supernova soon? Probably not say some astronomers
... Betelgeuse, the red supergiant star which makes up the Hunter’s left shoulder in the constellation of Orion, is about to spectacularly outshine its neighbours as it detonates in a phenomenal explosion known as a supernova. Betelgeuse ranks as one...
01 January 2020
What has been in 2019 and what is to come in 2020!
... respective NASA financed Commercial Crew Program space transportation modules off the ground, Crew Dragon and Orion. Though one fared better than other in their maiden flight tests. In preparation for a journey to the Moon...
24 August 2020
NASA receives full-sized lunar lander mock-up from Blue Origin
... lander and BE-7 LOX/hydrogen engine, while the reusable Ascent Element vehicle is based on the deep-space Orion vehicle that will fly on the Artemis I and II missions. The team, which also includes Northrop Grumman...
25 September 2020
Salty water vapour provides clues to massive star formation
... is only the second detection of sodium chloride around massive young stars. “The first example was around Orion KL Source I, but that is such a peculiar source that we were unsure whether salt is suitable for seeing gas...
11 November 2020
Senate deals major blow to Bridenstine’s Moon ambitions
... plan would have launched the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket this year, sending an uncrewed Orion capsule around the Moon and back on a mission that came to be known as Artemis 1, followed later by a crewed mission...
