18 September 2019
Researchers calculate feasibility of sending a probe to C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
...close encounter with Jupiter. For this method to work, and to reach C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) by 2045, the Space Launch System (SLS), up-scaled Parker probe heatshield technology, and solid propulsion engines, can be used to send a CubeSat-class spacecraft...
20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
... reported this week that it has finished assembling the main structural components for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage - the largest rocket stage the agency has built since the Saturn V that ...
October 2026
Dream of a lifetime - Witnessing Artemis II from the Kennedy Space Center press site
... photography. What started as an opportunity soon became a second career. NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft a at Launch Complex 39B Kennedy Space Center in Florida with remote camera setups in the foreground. The...
October 2026
After the applause What Artemis II really means
... Technology From a purely engineering point of view, the Artemis II mission helped to prove the technology of the Space Launch System (SLS), the Orion capsule and the European Service Module, which is encouraging for future missions. However, as many...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
..., or possibly as early as 2026. The rocket’s 70 tonne payload to low Earth orbit (LEO) is less than either NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket or SpaceX’s Starship, and only a little more than the Falcon Heavy’s 63.8 tonnes. Long March 10 can...
23 January 2026
Back to the Moon with Artemis
...designed to deliver Orion to the Moon is also under test, at least in terms of its long-term reliability. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has so far flown only once (without a crew), on the Artemis I mission in November 2022. Clearly, if the Artemis...
