18 June 2018
ESA Council backs Lunar gateway venture
... and Mars. ESA is also busy building a European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft - another project designed to take humans deeper into space. Orion – named after one of the largest constellations in the night sky – will...
20 April 2018
Jim Bridenstine confirmed as new NASA Administrator
... from the newly appointed Administrator? At the hearing, Bridenstine 100 percent supported the continued development of the Orion spacecraft and his stance on a permanent US lunar outpost echoes that of the President’s longer-term outlook. It will...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... that of solar energetic particles encountered during SPEs. Therefore, MARE real-time radiation measurements performed on board Orion during Van Allen belt transit will be indicative of the shielding capability of AstroRad in the SPE environment even...
28 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
... must be performed before going ahead with the mission. Orion's unmanned mission provided NASA engineers with vital details on...the vehicle's performance and how its systems functioned in space. Orion's heat shield is one of the most important parts of...
April 2025
Lego’s tribute to NASA’s SLS and Artemis
... launch, for the Artemis I mission, which placed an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a 25-day loop around the Moon in November 2022... spacecraft that will transport Artemis III astronauts from the Orion capsule in lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon...
02 December 2014
Orion service module contract for Airbus
... and Space to manufacture the service modules for NASA’s four crew Orion MPCV deep-space capsule. The module is to be constructed at ...flight out to 5,800 km beyond low-Earth orbit. An Orion launch on the heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket ...
