02 October 2019
First look at China's new spacecraft capable of deep-space travel
... they are developing the Long March 9 – a Saturn V-class super-heavy-lift rocket comparable in capacity to NASA’s Space Launch System – that will be capable of lifting 50 tons to a Earth-Moon transfer orbit, and 44 tons to a Earth-Mars transfer orbit...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
.... The Exploration portion of the budget (which includes most of the Artemis program) will see the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS), receive $2,585.9 million, of which $300 million is for the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS); Orion gets...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... can have a hefty carbon footprint often due to the burning of solid rocket fuels, as on the US Space Shuttle and upcoming Space Launch System (SLS). The engines of the SpaceX Falcon F9 (pictured) use RP-1 and liquid oxygen, whereas the cleanest...
December 2014
Technology drives space exploration: we won’t make it to Mars without investment
... continued investments in technology today. 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...
03 December 2021
NASA selects three companies to develop commercial space stations
... company has also been won a booster production and operations contract by NASA valued up to $3.19 billion to support the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket through 2031. The award includes follow-on production and flight sets for Artemis IV through...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...operations, a heavy-launch vehicle, crew capsule, a deep-space transit vehicle with high-efficiency in-space propulsion and power...long duration habitation modules which include life-support systems, radiation safety, protection from the environment, ...
