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 ...
December 2014
Technology drives space exploration: we won’t make it to Mars without investment
...Later this year, NASA will launch the first test flight of the Orion spacecraft. We are building the rocket that will carry us out into.... With the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket and Orion spacecraft coming online soon, the next great leaps in ...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... the capture of the first asteroid by the crew of Orion; an event followed by more than four billion spectators in...elements of the station. A 3D printer saved the mission. The Orion spacecraft - a key to future outer space exploration. A lunar tourist...
