April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
... habitats on the Moon or Mars without the builders exceeding their nation’s career limits for radiation exposure. Orion is NASA’s first spacecraft for longduration deep space exploration. It will transport humans to and from interplanetary...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... chief he has provided systems support for avionics, software, and other key systems for the ISS, Orion, and Commercial Crew. Kate Rubins was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2009. She completed her first spaceflight...
06 January 2016
France and Germany May Withdraw from ISS in 2020
... Vehicle, NASA and ESA agreed that the barter would include Europe's service module contribution to NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle – whose mission is not centered on the international space station but destinations beyond low...
17 August 2016
NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission Review Complete
... spacecraft will retrieve a boulder of a few meters in diameter from the asteroid and bring it to cislunar space. An manned Orion mission, planned for 2026, will then visit the boulder for research purposes. The mission will...
09 November 2016
How a Trump presidency might affect US space policy
... Trump administration will take a hard look at costly NASA programmes, such as the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, which could be replaced by cheaper, private alternatives. During the campaign Trump admitted in response to one question...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
.... This new initiative will run alongside the development and flight of the Space Launch Systems (SLS), Orion, and the agency’s plans to build a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway in the 2020s. “The Moon will play...
