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...
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...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... next-generation human spaceflight vehicles, Orion and Space Launch System (SLS), our astronauts will travel to the redirected asteroid in the lunar... 40 years. In the later, crewed mission the SLS will launch the astronauts in the Orion into cislunar ...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
...first flight of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), in mid-2018 NASA is developing its own deep space solar...the first flight of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), in mid-2018 and deploy from it after the Orion crew capsule...