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...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
... demands clearly trumped safety issues. RMS Titanic NASA’s new Orion capsule shortly after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at the end...programme has three key components: the human spacecraft Orion, the launch vehicle and the ground systems. ...
29 October 2015
NASA’s SLS rocket: CDR completed, but budget questions remain
... with up to four people onboard, housed inside the Orion crew vehicle (Orion is under development, and passed its own CDR back ...in August). The first crewed flight of SLS and Orion is likely to happen in 2023 – which is a bit farther...
