15 May 2019
New funding under fire for Moon 2024 Artemis mission
... include funding to the tune of $651 or so, for the agencies Space Launch System mega rocket and the Orion capsule; NASA’s multi-purpose crew vehicle intended to facilitate human exploration of the Moon, and beyond. So far...
12 July 2019
NASA reassigns top leaders in Moon 2024 programme
... unhappy with the apparent slow progress of the Artemis lunar program and its key elements, the Orion spacecraft and the behemoth rocket that will carry it to the Moon and beyond, the Space Launch...
06 November 2019
Boeing's ‘fewest steps to the Moon’ proposal for NASA’s Human Lander
..., Space & Security. Under its proposals, once in orbit, the integrated lander will rendezvous with astronauts aboard Orion or the Gateway before taking the crew to the lunar surface. It can also carry itself from lunar...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
... modules for the Lunar Gateway, lunar robotic missions, and the European service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Another big winner of the meeting was ESA’s Copernicus programme; the most ambitious Earth observation...
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...
