27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... NASA leadership. Key to providing the heavy-lift capability to carry out the Moon to Mars Program is the Space Launch System (SLS), and the Exploration Upper Stage, or EUS. While other aspects of the Artemis mission might be facing cut...
01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
.... NASA will rely on its own Orion crew capsule and heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket – that currently is still under development – to loft astronauts into space. The landing vehicle, which all vary widely in design, then carry...
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...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
... goal of returning to the Moon. This new initiative will run alongside the development and flight of the Space Launch Systems (SLS), Orion, and the agency’s plans to build a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway in the 2020s. “The Moon will...
06 November 2019
Boeing's ‘fewest steps to the Moon’ proposal for NASA’s Human Lander
... events from 11 down to five to help maximise crew safety say Boeing. “Using the lift capability of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B, we have developed a ‘Fewest Steps to the Moon’ approach that minimizes mission complexity, while offering...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
NASA’s next big rocket is the much-vaunted Space Launch System (SLS), designed for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth orbit. Equipped to launch crews of up to four in NASA’s Orion spacecraft, its first significant test is Artemis, the much-...
