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...
17 February 2021
NASA forecasts cost of Artemis programme at $86 billion
.... The inspector general’s office said about $35 billion of that cost has already been spent on elements such as Orion, the Space Launch System (SLS) and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), but that around $50.5 billion will...
03 June 2021
Nelson announces NASA’s return to Venus
... Kennedy Space Center,” Nelson said. “That rocket is the Space Launch System (SLS). It will launch our Orion spacecraft and cargo missions to lunar orbit and beyond.” “Beyond” may suggest he expects NASA to continue building...
16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
... the Space Launch System ($148.9 million) and the Exploration Ground Systems associated with SLS and Orion ($100 million); the framework needed if the agency is continue its efforts to eventually land the first American...
