05 June 2019
A first for China as it demonstrates new sea-launch capabilities
...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...
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...
22 November 2021
NASA's asteroid impact mission due to launch Wednesday
... stacks on top of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and a day before launch, the rocket will roll out of the hangar and onto the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E). “I’m both amazed and grateful that DART has...
10 January 2024
NASA announces delays to astronaut lunar missions
...Artemis II and III, NASA is reviewing the schedule for launching the first integrated elements of Gateway, previously planned for ... exploration of the Red Planet. NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, exploration ground systems, and Orion ...
