21 September 2016
China's first space lab is heading for a crash landing
...seen contact with the Shenzhou-8, Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and in a statement by Wu Ping, deputy ... Ping highlighted China’s commitment to the plight of its plunging spacecraft, which in the recent past has been reported as being out...
04 February 2021
Three more service modules for Artemis to be built in Europe
...three more European Service Modules for Orion, NASA’s spacecraft that will fly astronauts to the Moon and lunar...astronauts to the Moon. As the powerhouse for the Orion spacecraft it provides propulsion and the consumables astronauts need to stay alive...
21 November 2016
The grandest of canyons is found on Mercury with the aid of MESSENGER
... – was found using stereo images from NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft. Its discovery reveals important clues as to the geologic history of the innermost planet in our solar system as the...
17 May 2017
SLS/Orion mission delayed until 2019
... highlighted in a recent audit by NASA’s Office of Inspector 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...
26 March 2018
Traveler program gets a boost with NanoRacks
Kuang-Chi Group, the Shenzhen-based technology company, is hoping to start making its mark in the New Space industry by announcing a partnership with NanoRacks LLC, to focus on the development of the company’s Near Space Traveler program outside of ...
20 April 2018
Jim Bridenstine confirmed as new NASA Administrator
... the newly appointed Administrator? At the hearing, Bridenstine 100 percent supported the continued development of the Orion spacecraft and his stance on a permanent US lunar outpost echoes that of the President’s longer-term outlook. It will...
