September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
... simply allowed to go unchecked, we are in danger of making specialised missions, such as deep space exploration, impossible. We must remember that deep space communication requires the transmission of more powerful signals and the reliable reception...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... not just to the future of sustainable LEO utilisation, but also to deep space exploration. This is important when considering such diverse applications as practical space debris management and establishing a durable outpost on Mars. About the author...
21 June 2019
Artemis-1 flight faces delays suggests new report
... with multiple spacecraft and launch vehicle configurations, and with content that is subject to change as NASA’s deep space exploration objective evolves and program direction is adjusted,” he said. Gerstenmaier, is however, determined to push ahead...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
...a great day for NASA, Stennis and this nation’s human space exploration program. This final test in the Green Run series represents... in orbit around the Moon, are NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, ...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... after the retirement of the ISS. For Europe, there seems no other choice except for joining the US deep-space exploration programme, which almost means relinquishing human spaceflight activities in LEO. Cooperation with CSS, however, would open...
20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
...’e-7 polar landing mission respectively. The agreement would also see both space-faring nations establishing a joint data centre for lunar and deep space exploration; something which has previously been discussed but was also reaffirmed this...
