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...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
...February, 2016. To help NASA continue game changing technology for deep space exploration, $110 million was set aside for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion as part of the Space Technology budget, with $60 million allocated for a flight demonstration by 2024...
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...
08 May 2020
China's prototype spacecraft lands successfully on Earth
... to multiple tasks. It can be used both for low-Earth orbit missions and also for deep-space exploration, such as manned lunar exploration, CMSA said. Meanwhile, an experimental cargo return craft designed to transport equipment that was launched...
