02 April 2026
NASA astronauts launch on lunar flyby mission
...first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B... work behind us.” About 49 minutes into the test flight, the SLS rocket’s upper stage fired to put Orion into an elliptical orbit ...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... for additive manufacturing of large structures, and polymers are typically processed via Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), stereo-lithography (also used on ceramics) or Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM). Today, AM is a standard manufacturing process...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... opportunities for the burgeoning commercial satellite industry. Government-led initiatives, such as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and ESA’s Ariane 6, are also part of this wave of new launcher development and will also deliver...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
.... This is a huge amount and much heavier than the 22-ton payload mass one Space Launch System (SLS) is expected to launch towards the red planet. Even so, this calculation does not account for such things...
19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
... commercial companies were contracted to pick up the slack if the SLS is not ready in time, a possibility noted by Bridenstine himself... “due to long development programs and ongoing testing, SLS and Orion present low technology risks to a Mars orbital...
02 July 2019
Orion spacecraft's launch abort test completed successfully
...space missions and to ride on NASA’s powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. “Launching into space is one of the most difficult ... for Artemis 1, the first uncrewed mission with the SLS rocket – an integrated system traveling thousands of miles ...
