18 January 2021
NASA's SLS engine test ends early
...while anchored in the B-2 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The hot fire test...space, along with the human landing system and the Gateway in orbit around the Moon, are NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration....
April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
... exceeding their nation’s career limits for radiation exposure. Orion is NASA’s first spacecraft for longduration deep space exploration. It will transport humans to and from interplanetary destinations such as asteroids, the Moon and eventually Mars...
November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
... with the advanced technologies of other countries. The results thereof are important for the prospects of deep space exploration, but also yield benefits to people on Earth. To consolidate the experience of scientists from many countries, the...
13 March 2015
Russian space agency endorses ISS until 2024
... will evaluate options for heavy-lift launchers and deep space exploration, said Yuri Koptev, the council’s chairman and a former head of the Russian space agency. Russia’s space program — as described in the Roscosmos press release — will include...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
... third phase of the Tiangong programme – planned for launch later this year, and future Chang’e missions, deep space exploration missions and even human lunar missions planned for later in the decade. The enormity of these projects...
12 March 2018
Satellite-servicing space drones set for launch in 2020
... craft’s longer term uses could also include support for asteroid-mining, deep space exploration and space manufacturing logistics. “Launching our first two SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft into a geostationary orbit is part of our strong commitment to our...
