25 November 2015
Historic landing for private rocket company Blue Origin
... after the first American in space, Alan Shepard, it is the second test of the capsule and launch vehicle this year following a launch in April, putting the company in direct competition with SpaceX. “Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard space...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
..., they’ll need a launch vehicle powerful enough to lift them back into space. When astronauts launched from Earth on the shuttle... work in developing and proving new capabilities and vehicles – rendezvous and docking, extravehicular capability, weeks-...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... the coast. Different types of spaceplane could be launched from a site in the UK, ranging from air launch vehicles such as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo to ground launch types embracing space tourist vehicles like the XCOR Lynx at one end of the...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
...missions. Two lunar missions, for example, both need a launch vehicle and a lander to begin their missions on the surface .... NASA would provide the rover, ISRU payload and launch vehicle, while an international or commercial partner would provide the...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... it to the connector-equipped satellite, and plug it in. Robotic servicers could also help bring new, low-cost launch vehicles into space logistics systems. Most of the new rockets have payload capacities of only a few hundred kilograms...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... that comprises the platform including life support systems. The only thing we don’t have right now is a launch vehicle, but everything else we’ll be able to provide. Artist’s rendering of SNC’s LIFE habitat in orbit. About the interviewees Janet...
