12 July 2019
NASA reassigns top leaders in Moon 2024 programme
... under the best of circumstances,” says House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. “Removing ...will carry it to the Moon and beyond, the Space Launch System. When asked specifically why Gerstenmaier was reassigned ...
03 September 2022
Hydrogen fuel leak scuppers second Artemis 1 launch attempt
... (2357 BST) with a 24-minute window. If the Artemis 1 mission can't get off the ground by Tuesday, the Space Launch System rocket will have to roll back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for re-testing of its flight...
28 May 2025
SpaceX faces renewed scrutiny over Mars ambitions after Starship malfunctions
... of this approach are coming under increasing scrutiny. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which regulates US commercial space launches, has approved up to 25 Starship flights per year from Starbase. But each high-profile failure raises fresh...
29 March 2019
NASA's Mars helicopter completes flight tests
... NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Mars Helicopter will launch as a technology demonstrator with the Mars 2020 rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in July 2020 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida...
28 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
...production time by about two months. Orion is planned for launch on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the end of 2018. “...on the vehicle's performance and how its systems functioned in space. Orion's heat shield is one of the most important ...
11 February 2016
$19 Billion NASA Budget Proposed by White House
..., moving some funds from the Space Launch System and Orion programs to aeronautics and space technology. Congress is expected to ... spacecraft, called the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM). Space technology came out ahead in the budget, with a ...
