15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
... The spacecraft’s first mission will be Artemis 1; an uncrewed flight to test the integration of the spaceship with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. During Artemis 1, Orion will travel thousands of kilometres beyond the Moon, farther than any...
16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
... for Exploration, an increase of $723.9 million above FY 2021. The bulk of that is for the Space Launch System ($148.9 million) and the Exploration Ground Systems associated with SLS and Orion ($100 million); the framework needed if the agency...
02 July 2019
Orion spacecraft's launch abort test completed successfully
... abort motor, attitude control motor, and jettison motor. The system is built specifically for deep space missions and to ride on NASA’s powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. “Launching into space is one of the most difficult and dangerous parts...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
..., such as the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), a program to send astronauts to visit an asteroid by the 2020s and the Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket Congress instructed NASA to build in 2011 will be first in line to see the Exit door...
26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
... as a critical element to power an American spacecraft. The Orion spacecraft, along with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will carry it all into space, is NASA’s flagship programme to propel human exploration to the Moon and beyond. The...
05 February 2018
Launch fever grips Florida as SpaceX prepares for game-changer mission
... Heavy will be the most powerful in the world, which means it could launch heavier and more complex cargo to space. Once operational, SpaceX could start launching big national security satellites, large orbital habitats and telescopes, or even...
