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...
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...
