02 August 2017
First iodine fuelled thrusters pass critical design tests
... for an internal hot cathode. The thruster is targeted for use on two deep-space CubeSat missions that will hitch a ride on NASA’s Space Launch System; Morehead State University’s Lunar IceCube and Arizona State University’s LunaH-Map...
17 February 2021
NASA forecasts cost of Artemis programme at $86 billion
...released a snap shot of the costs associated with the space agency’s Artemis programme to land astronauts on the moon. ...cost has already been spent on elements such as Orion, the Space Launch System (SLS) and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), but that...
10 January 2023
Artemis I - Return to the Moon
...Moon with the Constellation programme and its Ares launch vehicles. We get a feel for the politics involved in the transition to the Space Launch System (SLS) and the various capsules ... in the same series on subsequent missions. Watch this space!
16 January 2024
Artemis I - Return to the Moon
...Moon with the Constellation programme and its Ares launch vehicles. We get a feel for the politics involved in the transition to the Space Launch System (SLS) and the various capsules ... in the same series on subsequent missions. Watch this space!
07 April 2017
Astronauts can zip to safety with new Emergency Egress System (EES) from ULA
... perhaps surprising but very practical method, United Launch Alliance (ULA) have teamed together with Terra...level 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...
30 July 2020
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully blasts off to Mars
... success for NASA as its Mars 2020, Perseverance rover mission successfully launched toward Mars atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 7:50 am EDT (11:50 GMT...
