25 November 2020
Chang'e 5 is on its way to the Moon
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...
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...
