July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... the hellish combustion temperatures and pressures The design of environmental and life support systems for crewed spacecraft represents a completely different challenge for engineers, but is no less important for the structured exploration of space...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... could also offer a potentially far more cost-effective source of propellant (hydrogen and oxygen) to fuel a large crewed spacecraft to Mars. Former United Launch Alliance chief scientist George Sowers estimates that such a resource could be produced...
19 August 2019
Roscosmos to send Humanoid AI robot to ISS this week
... scheduled launch on Thursday. It will be the first time that the rocket will be used for sending a crewed spacecraft to orbit, albeit in this instance it will be a robotic crew, as Skybot F-850 will travel unaccompanied on its first space mission.
30 July 2021
Starliner OFT-2 launch delayed following problems with Nauka module at ISS
... the station will be ready for Starliner's arrival,” the US space agency said in statement yesterday. Starliner is Boeing's crew spacecraft designed to shuttle astronauts to and from the space station. If all goes as planned next week, Starliner will...
26 October 2021
Blue Origin and Sierra Space announce development of a commercial space station
... of landing on runways worldwide. Boeing – Science module, station operations, maintenance engineering, and Starliner crew spacecraft. Redwire Space – Microgravity research, development, and manufacturing; payload operations and deployable structures...
06 May 2020
China launches prototype spacecraft on maiden flight of Long March 5B
...China successfully launched its new experimental crew spacecraft on a Long March 5B ...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...
