20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... as the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), a program to send astronauts to visit an asteroid by the 2020s and the Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket Congress instructed NASA to build in 2011 will be first in line to see the Exit...
10 June 2020
New map boosts chances of finding water on the Moon
... low Earth orbit; benefits that will also aid humanity’s quest in setting up colonies on other planets. United Launch Alliance, who has already offered to buy liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen propellant in cislunar space has said...
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...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
... will run alongside the development and flight of the Space Launch Systems (SLS), Orion, and the agency’s plans to build... Orbital ATK of Dulles and a final version is targeted for launch in 2022. Further additions to the outpost such as habitation, ...
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...
26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
... an American spacecraft. The Orion spacecraft, along with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will carry it all into space... the Moon and beyond. The spacecraft, which consists of a launch abort system, a crew module and a service module, will ...
