02 December 2014
Orion service module contract for Airbus
... mode, during the EFT-1 test flight out to 5,800 km beyond low-Earth orbit. An Orion launch on the heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will occur in 2017. The SLS has Boeing as its main contractor, with...
15 April 2019
Stratolaunch completes maiden flight successfully
... 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...
22 July 2021
Factory of the future for Orion capsules
... 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...
05 May 2023
Construction begins at UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport
... 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 ...
