06 October 2016
Blue Origin New Shepard abort system test successful
.... According to Ariane Cornell, who hosted the Blue Origin even webcast, ““Today’s mission is totally focused on a successful crew capsule escape with the understanding that the booster will likely be lost.” However, the propulsion module surprised...
24 November 2015
Historic landing for private rocket company Blue Origin
... will experience three times the force of gravity as the spacecraft accelerates towards the boundary. Once the crew capsule separates from the booster and coasts into space, the astronauts can enjoy several minutes of weightlessness...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
...later, he landed on the Russian steppes with his comrades. As the capsule door opened he gave a thumbs up and said he had “just been...on the morning of Mission 8 (29 April 2018). The crew capsule atop the launcher is large enough for six people to ...
12 October 2018
Soyuz investigation focuses on second stage failure
... version of the rocket caught fire on the pad before launch in August 1983, triggering a dramatic abort as the crewed capsule was pulled away from the exploding rocket. Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov confirmed no further...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...list of technologies it deems essential for a journey to Mars which include - ground operations, a heavy-launch vehicle, crew capsule, a deep-space transit vehicle with high-efficiency in-space propulsion and power, protection from radiation, optical...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
...orbit before attempting a human mission to the surface. Before committing a crew to visit a NEA or Mars moon, carrying out precursor robotic ... in mid-2018 and deploy from it after the Orion crew capsule is separated from the upper stage and on its way...
