30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... forward in being ready for more capable human and robotic missions to deep space which are planned for as early as 2021. An expanded view of the next configuration of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, and the Orion spacecraft which sits...
27 July 2020
Radiation-loving fungus could protect astronauts from cosmic rays
...150 to 6,000 chest x-rays, depending on their length of stay in space. Scientists have found though that certain fungi thrive in high-radiation environments on... for explorers on future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond,” conclude the team.
29 April 2020
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satellite
... will be part of NASA's effort to validate a new beam-powered propulsion system, eventually leading to more marvelous deep-space missions following the first inter-planetary CubeSats MarCO-A and B (Mars Cube One)," said F. Brent Abbott, CEO...
August 2019
The next us – our evolution in deep space
... and the warmth of the Sun diminish, humans will truly understand what it means to be alone. Humans on those deep space missions will find themselves with unpredictable stressors and challenges due to the rapidly-growing inability to reach back...
17 July 2018
Harris Corporation to provide audio system for first human deep-space mission
... Corporation has announced it will provide the crucial audio communication system for NASA’s first human deep-space exploration mission, scheduled to launch in 2022 onboard the Orion spacecraft. Orion is NASA’s first spacecraft designed for long...
08 May 2019
Tests start on first design of 'wafer scale' spacecraft
..., this is not the end for this blossoming box technology that is just beginning to see its debut in deep space missions. Once perfected, these wafercrafts could then be mass manufactured at an incredibly low cost and packed into CubeSats...
