December 2014
Gods and space
Getting a helping hand – An Orthodox priest performs a blessing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan, ahead of the Soyuz launch that carried Expedition 41 to the International Space Station in September 2014
07 April 2017
Astronauts can zip to safety with new Emergency Egress System (EES) from ULA
...this perhaps surprising but very practical method, United Launch Alliance (ULA) have teamed together with Terra... 12 of the Crew Access Tower (CAT), 52 metres above the Space Launch Complex 41 pad deck at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, crew will be...
07 February 2018
Musk sets pace in the race to Mars
...delays due to strong winds high in the atmosphere. The launch attracted thousands of sightseers, crowds not seen since NASA's ... orbit. Though it is not as tall or wide as United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Heavy, it has more than twice the capability...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
...have judged to be a violation. Officials have disregarded NASA’s usual way of calculating schedule margins, making the predicted launch dates for SLS unreliable. Meanwhile, refurbishing engines from the Space Shuttle programme turned out to be harder...
18 January 2021
NASA's SLS engine test ends early
...it will take to send the rocket to space following launch. The team successfully completed the countdown and ignited the...pounds of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen – mirroring the launch countdown procedure – and igniting the engines. "Saturday’s ...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... more than eight minutes, just like it will during every Artemis launch to the Moon. The longer duration hot fire tested a variety ...designed to help fly, track, and steer the rocket during launch and flight. Prior tests in the Green Run test series ...
