27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... leadership. Key to providing the heavy-lift capability to carry out the Moon to Mars Program is the Space Launch System (SLS), and the Exploration Upper Stage, or EUS. While other aspects of the Artemis mission might...
15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
... transferring the spacecraft to NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) where it will be prepped and fuelled ready for a launch currently scheduled for November 2021. “The handover of Orion is a big milestone for the Artemis program – it represents...
22 January 2021
Russia develops instrument to search for precious metals on the Moon and Mars
... necessary for the production of final products - the Angara-A5V launch vehicles and upper stages (Breeze-M or a heavy-class oxygen... just over a month ago, Rogozin said the first test launch of the new generation Oryol spacecraft is slated for August ...
04 May 2020
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines
..., Alabama. “The same reliable engines that launched more than 100 space shuttle missions have been modified to be ... and tested to fly at the higher performance level necessary to launch the SLS, which is much larger and more powerful than the...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... to have nine instruments weighing 25 kg in total, if the rocket had been the three-stage Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), which is capable of carrying more weight. However, there was some uncertainty regarding GSLV’s performance...
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...
