17 May 2017
SLS/Orion mission delayed until 2019
... General. NASA has been hard at work constructing the Orion spacecraft, its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground and launch facilities (Ground Systems Development and Operations or GSDO) needed to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030’s, but...
29 August 2022
Lift-off draws close for NASA’s spectacular lunar return mission
NASA’s ‘imaginatively’ named Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that can ferry humans to and from the Moon for the first time in 50 years is on launch pad 39B this morning (Monday) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A two-hour launch window for today ...
24 August 2022
Moon mission's human-rated European Service Module is giant leap for ESA
...delivering the European Service Module (ESM) - which will provide vital propulsion and life supports systems - as “modest” compared to NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew vehicle. “Nevertheless, this will be the first time NASA has...
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...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... than the orbit of the ISS before returning to Earth after a successful mission. Today, progress is being made on Space Launch System (SLS), a new rocket that will be more powerful than the Saturn V and will provide the heavy lifting...
24 January 2022
Solar sail mission will intercept and study small asteroid
... mission based on a six-unit CubeSat and it will be one of 10 secondary payloads aboard NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, currently scheduled for launch no earlier than March. The mission will act as a nimble scout for future human and robotic...
