25 October 2021
NASA is targeting Feb 2022 for first Artemis launch
...-tall (322-foot) SLS/Orion system at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “Completing stacking is a really important milestone,” said Mike Sarafin, NASA’s Artemis 1 mission manager. “It shows that we’re in the home stretch toward the mission...
02 July 2019
Orion spacecraft's launch abort test completed successfully
... safety during an emergency during launch. The test is another milestone in the agency’s preparation for Artemis missions to the Moon ... and propulsion lines. The agency recently reached major milestones for the SLS rocket, assembling four of the ...
02 August 2020
Crew Dragon are on their way home
...’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission passed a significant milestone this evening as the company’s Crew Dragon... Mexico along the Florida Panhandle. Teams have several weather decision milestones ahead of and after undocking to adjust the splashdown location and ...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... of the spacecraft’s 440 Newton liquid apogee motor had started, the team clapped and cheered – an important milestone had been reached. A satisfactory test of the engine had been carried out 48 hours earlier, giving the...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... safe orbits, or even to de-orbit, using high powered lasers. The participants have already individually achieved key milestones towards this goal, but a joint approach offers the best prospect of early success. The CRC is funded...
June 2015
The Aeromobil 3.0 flying car spreads its wings
... the company with the objective of commercialising the project. The company and the project reached a key milestone during the summer of 2013, when they finished and successfully demonstrated the functionality of the pre-prototype...
