At 4:30 on November 24th, China used the Long March 5 carrier rocket to successfully launch the lunar exploration Chang’e-5 probe at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China. After the rocket flew for about 2,200 seconds, the probe was successfully...
... presidency carries many unknowns when it comes not only to space policy but to other scientific issues. For example, Trump...a hard look at costly NASA programmes, such as the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, which could be replaced by cheaper...
... was established in 2011 by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen to get game-changing ideas off the ground by making space launch more reliable. Sadly, the entrepreneur died last year so he did not get to see his monumental vision...
...said state media. The mission is the first global seaborne space launch to have taken place in the last five years – the... 11. This will be a move away from normal Chinese space launch sites which are typically located inland for defence purposes. The...
... Assembly Facility, Orion will be placed atop NASA’s first Space Launch System rocket. Bill Nelson, a former US senator and ...administrator under President Joe Biden, has said Artemis 1 will launch on the first SLS later this year. Meanwhile, parts of...
... Orbex Prime rocket will produce 96 per cent lower carbon emissions than comparable space launch systems using fossil fuels. Prime is also a re-usable rocket which has been engineered to leave zero debris on ...