11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
... in the OIG report. Expendable SLS rockets are NASA’s plan for launching heavy payloads, especially the Orion capsule intended to carry astronauts to the Moon. SLS “represents the largest development of space flight capabilities NASA...
09 April 2018
Plans for first-ever luxury space hotel unveiled
... agenda instead. Unveiled at the recent Space 2.0 summit in San Jose, California, the Aurora Station is the vision of Orion Span; a privately funded space entrepreneurial company who are promising space tourists the opportunity to immerse themselves...
10 November 2021
NASA moves human lunar landing mission to 2025
...Nelson also revealed a substantial cost increase for Orion during the media teleconference. Initially reported to...to occur; Artemis I is a test launch of SLS and an uncrewed Orion, which has now been delayed until at least February 2022, while Artemis...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... ground are already in development. In December 2014, the Orion crew vehicle made its first uncrewed test flight. It reached... that has been built by the European Space Agency. SLS and Orion will then be used to test new systems, including deep-space ...
19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
... to long development programs and ongoing testing, SLS and Orion present low technology risks to a Mars orbital mission.’ ... the development and operation of the core architectural elements I.e the Orion, SLS, the Gateway, and the DST, between FY 2019 ...
21 June 2019
Artemis-1 flight faces delays suggests new report
... Launch System (SLS) is due to fly an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon is also highly unlikely to achieve ... programs—the Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle, the Orion spacecraft, and supporting ground systems—NASA senior leaders acknowledged ...
