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...
21 June 2019
Artemis-1 flight faces delays suggests new report
...Mars by 2033 rejected the idea that the space agency could launch a mission to the Red Planet by the planned date, citing inherent... up to 19-month delay for the three programs—the Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle, the Orion spacecraft, and supporting ground...
18 September 2019
Researchers calculate feasibility of sending a probe to C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
... to send a CubeSat-class spacecraft with a mass of 3 kilograms on a path to check out the interstellar tourist. The anticipated launch date of such an endeavour would be 2030. 2030 doesn’t seem such an unrealistic target, but it relies on SLS being...
20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
... has been in planning since at least 2011 and its launch date is now targeted for 2024. Meanwhile Chang’e-7 polar ...environment. The mission may involve a rover and is expected to launch in 2023. The nation is already enjoying success with its Chang...
01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
...rely on its own Orion crew capsule and heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket – that currently is still under development...company are likely to use their own Super Heavy rocket to launch Starship and take it to the Moon. “With large habitable...
18 May 2020
India opens its space industry to private firms and start-ups
... a number of successes in recent years including an historic launch of 104 satellites on a single mission in 2017 and ... because of India’s close proximity to the equator. Rockets launched from equatorial locations get an extra boost in speed, thanks...
