24 January 2022
Solar sail mission will intercept and study small asteroid
...to be studied by a spacecraft. After the spacecraft launches aboard the Artemis I uncrewed test flight this spring... 10 secondary payloads aboard NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, currently scheduled for launch no earlier than March. The mission...
29 October 2015
NASA’s SLS rocket: CDR completed, but budget questions remain
... rocket has completed all of the steps needed to pass a critical design review (commonly referred to as CDR). The Space Launch System (otherwise known as SLS) is the first vehicle that was designed with the journey to Mars in mind. The...
20 June 2023
Orbex teams with Arianespace
... world. A study by the University of Exeter showed that a single launch of the Orbex Prime rocket will produce up to 96 per cent lower carbon emissions than comparable space launch systems using fossil fuels. Martin Coates, Orbex CEO, said: “This...
02 August 2017
First iodine fuelled thrusters pass critical design tests
...for use on two deep-space CubeSat missions that will hitch a ride on NASA’s Space Launch System; Morehead State University’s ...quality scientific results on interplanetary missions throughout the solar system. It truly enables the science of the LunaH...
17 February 2021
NASA forecasts cost of Artemis programme at $86 billion
...on elements such as Orion, the Space Launch System (SLS) and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), but that around $50.5 ... put together a big budget necessary to achieve that Human Landing System. We asked for $3.3 billion, and Congress funded it to ...
11 November 2020
Senate deals major blow to Bridenstine’s Moon ambitions
... Joe Biden. Four astronauts are headed up to the International Space Station (ISS) this weekend in the first newly certified crew... President Mike Pence. Their plan would have launched the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket this year, sending an ...
