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...
11 February 2016
$19 Billion NASA Budget Proposed by White House
... from what it received in 2016, and $1.12 billion for the Orion crew vehicle, a cut of about $150 million. That aspect ...said that the budget supports a 2018 launch of the first SLS/Orion mission, Exploration Mission (EM) 1, and a 2023 launch of EM-2....
10 January 2024
NASA announces delays to astronaut lunar missions
... first Artemis flight test with crew aboard the Orion spacecraft, the mission will test critical environmental control...Space Launch System) rocket, exploration ground systems, and Orion spacecraft, along with the human landing system, next-generation...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
... Launch System rocket will launch four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft for their multi-day journey to lunar orbit....crewed demonstration mission. With NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, HLS, and the Gateway lunar outpost, NASA ...
