April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... participants in Artemis, and contribute service modules for the Orion deep space capsules, loosely based on the propulsion module...most likely elements to be revisited are the SLS, Orion and Gateway – the very elements European industries are ...
18 March 2022
Rocket roll time for NASA’s new Moonshot
...week as the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with Orion spacecraft atop arrived at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for a final...Pad 39B, it took 10 hours and 28 minutes for SLS and Orion to reach the launch pad four miles away. The trip began at...
02 October 2019
First look at China's new spacecraft capable of deep-space travel
... a lot like the crew and service module from NASA’s Orion spacecraft which the US agency hope will carry their astronauts ... consists of a crew module and a service module. Like Orion, this will provide the power, propulsion and life support facilities...
29 August 2022
Lift-off draws close for NASA’s spectacular lunar return mission
...debut mission to the Moon, the only ‘crew members’ aboard Orion - which is capable of carrying six astronauts - are specially equipped... was replaced by the Artemis programme, though the Orion crew spacecraft did survive the transition. The five-...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
...ahead of the agency’s Artemis I mission, which will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test flight around the Moon and back to Earth,...space exploration. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and supplies to the Moon on a single ...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
... a cascade of radiation particles and photons, including neutrons. Active radiation shielding using 6+1 expansion coil architecture. The Orion spacecraft will use the mass that is already on board to protect the crew of long-distance missions to Mars...
