06 May 2020
China launches prototype spacecraft on maiden flight of Long March 5B
... of its Long March 7A rocket the month before, brought a temporary halt to launch activity. With the prototype spacecraft safely deployed, China is now likely to proceed with its Tianwen-1 mission in July. Tianwen-1, meaning ‘questions to heaven...
April 2020
Plasma Clipper - opening the age of sail, in space travel
... in a year using a standard chemical-fuelled rocket, the spacecraft would have to reach a rough speed of 100 kilometres per...is the Plasma Clipper. Artist concept of what a spacecraft using Plasma Magnet propulsion might look like. Plasma Clipper...
April 2025
Lego’s tribute to NASA’s SLS and Artemis
...for the Artemis I mission, which placed an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a 25-day loop around the Moon in November 2022....programme in providing the ‘Lunar Module’ function - a spacecraft that will transport Artemis III astronauts from the Orion capsule...
03 December 2015
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Launches Today
... is a 60% chance that weather conditions will permit the launch. If the resupply mission leaves on schedule, the spacecraft is expected to reach the ISS on Sunday, December 6th. If it is unable to be launched today, it will be launched tomorrow, and...
24 March 2016
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Successfully Launched
... entering Earth's atmosphere); the Strata-I experiment (exploring regolith properties in microgravity and regolith interaction with spacecraft and spacesuit materials); the Gecko Gripper study (testing a gecko-inspired adhesive gripping device that...
09 September 2020
China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth, deploys unknown object before deorbiting
...use of the space”. As declared by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation on the day of launch, the spacecraft's mission was "to test the reusable technology during space flight and to provide technological support in peace exploration...
