03 June 2021
Nelson announces NASA’s return to Venus
... this year. “We’re assembling the rocket at this very minute down at the Kennedy Space Center,” Nelson said. “That rocket is the Space Launch System (SLS). It will launch our Orion spacecraft and cargo missions to lunar orbit and beyond.” “Beyond...
18 March 2022
Rocket roll time for NASA’s new Moonshot
... and anticipation at NASA’s KSC press site in Florida this week as the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with Orion spacecraft atop arrived at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for a final test before its Artemis I Moon mission. I was...
01 November 2022
NASA contractor to oversee Scottish spaceport construction
... Orbex Prime rocket will produce 96 per cent lower carbon emissions than comparable space launch systems using fossil fuels. Prime is also a re-usable rocket which has been engineered to leave zero debris on Earth ...
28 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
... shield design will save money and cut production time by about two months. Orion is planned for launch on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the end of 2018. “The heat shield we put to the test during Orion’s flight...
15 May 2019
New funding under fire for Moon 2024 Artemis mission
...the tune of $651 or so, for the agencies Space Launch System mega rocket and the Orion capsule; NASA’s multi-purpose... of scientists and engineers who strengthen U.S. competitiveness in space and all other areas of scientific discovery and innovation,”...
12 July 2019
NASA reassigns top leaders in Moon 2024 programme
..., the Orion spacecraft and the behemoth rocket that will carry it to the Moon and beyond, the Space Launch System. When asked specifically why Gerstenmaier was reassigned in the Fox interview, Bridenstine replied, “I don’t think there...
