16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
... includes $7.28 billion for Exploration, an increase of $723.9 million above FY 2021. The bulk of that is for the Space Launch System ($148.9 million) and the Exploration Ground Systems associated with SLS and Orion ($100 million...
20 February 2017
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully on its way to the ISS
...reportedly spent tens of millions of dollars to make the infamous Launch Complex 39A suitable for use with its Falcon rocket, as ...into space and as the US has been without manned launch capabilities since 2011 when the Space Shuttle program ended, ...
17 May 2017
SLS/Orion mission delayed until 2019
...-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), NASA have postponed its first launch of its EM-1 mission until 2019 at the earliest. The... are behind schedule to meet the initially intended November 2018 EM-1 launch date. Despite the hefty price-tag of the mission, the...
04 July 2017
Rocket failure could delay China's Chang'e 5 mission
...the year. The Long March 5 rocket, which had its maiden launch last November, is China's most powerful booster. It is said ...China's rocket fleet - whose power about equals that of United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy launcher - will have to be put ...
23 October 2017
Space race ramps up between Blue Origin and SpaceX
...further $40.8 million to the company under its Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The Air Force had already agreed an ...an upper stage on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. The Raptor prototype is powered by densified liquid methane...
13 August 2018
NASA to partner with six US companies to develop space exploration technologies
... mission planned for 2020. Paragon Space Development Corporation in Tucson, Arizona, 1 project, $1.6 million “Cryogenic Encapsulating Launch Shroud and Insulated Upper Stage (CELSIUS)” CELSIUS is a system that can be installed on the surface of the...
