February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
... in terms of durability, variability and life support. In comparison with existing designs for large-scale space stations or spacecraft with minimally sustainable support systems, this spaceship concept offers a low-mass, high-density solution with...
February 2022
Nutritional issues on interplanetary spaceflights
... Oleg Kotov, Mikhail Kornienko and Alexander Skvortsov having lunch. ISS Expedition 23, 2010. Experiment As experience of human spacecraft life support systems has been accumulated, principles of nutrition supply systems have become more precise and...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
...engineers have begun subjecting candidates to a series of vibration tests at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Orion spacecraft is similar to NASA’s Apollo capsule but will carry up to six astronauts instead of three (as Apollo did) but its...
05 September 2018
Soyuz leak investigations focus on human error
...He also speculated that it could have occurred after the spacecraft reached orbit on 6 June 2018. In an English-language... in zero gravity would be nearly impossible in that part of the spacecraft. “Why would cosmonauts do it?” he asked. The hole is in...
26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
... as a critical element to power an American spacecraft. The Orion spacecraft, along with the Space Launch System (SLS)...programme to propel human exploration to the Moon and beyond. The spacecraft, which consists of a launch abort system, a crew module...
15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
... has used a European-built system, provided by ESA (European Space Agency) as a critical element to power an American spacecraft. The spacecraft’s first mission will be Artemis 1; an uncrewed flight to test the integration of the spaceship with NASA...
