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...
January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... as the most dangerous aspect of travel to Mars. Without radical advances in science, astronauts sitting atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) might ask themselves if the greatest risk to their endeavour might be within them, the cells making...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... NASA’s objectives for the Mars proving ground in cis-lunar space and to build 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...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... in turn is opening up new 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...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... to about 24 tons. 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 as the...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... the author Dr Kimberly Robinson serves as the payload mission manager for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which will transport high-priority science missions beyond Earth’s orbit for a new age of exploration. ...
