October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... the journey to Mars. In just a few years, SLS will launch Orion on another uncrewed test flight around the ... propulsion system for Orion will be built by the European Space Agency. SLS and Orion will then be used to test new systems, including deep-...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... up the Mars Base Camp system. EM-1 includes a full system test of Orion and the Space Launch System (SLS) during a cis-lunar multiple week exploratory mission, certifying the system for human deep space exploration...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... project, the most likely elements to be revisited are the SLS, Orion and Gateway – the very elements European industries are... project, the most likely elements to be revisited are the SLS, Orion and Gateway - the very elements European industries are...
October 2026
Dream of a lifetime - Witnessing Artemis II from the Kennedy Space Center press site
...became a second career. NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft a at Launch Complex 39B Kennedy Space...has endured. Standing at Kennedy Space Center watching the SLS disappear into the brilliant blue Florida sky, I found...
October 2026
After the applause What Artemis II really means
...helped to prove the technology of the Space Launch System (SLS), the Orion capsule and the European Service Module, which ... for the landing mission. On top of this, the development of SLS has been prone to greater delays than the Saturn V; again, I...
December 2014
Technology drives space exploration: we won’t make it to Mars without investment
.... Innovation, investment and understanding A 5 per cent scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS) is ignited at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep-space missions, including...
