28 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
...gathered by Orion on its Exploration Flight Test -1. The heat shield will be used for Orion's Exploration Mission (EM) -1, planned to take...on reentry into Earth's atmosphere. During Orion's Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1, the heat shield experienced ...
23 February 2018
UK to host world’s first commercial deep-space communications station
...own stations, and provide deep-space tracking for the Agency’s missions,” added Bargellini. “Upgrading Goonhilly and building up a commercial capability to support future exploration missions is good for ESA and good for European science and industry...
28 September 2018
CubeRover to develop low-cost, revolutionary rover in Luxembourg
... Economy. Rather than conducting scientific research and launching spacecraft missions like other prominent agencies however, the LSA will concentrate ... can be customised for specific science and exploration missions but if you want to build your own...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... further their space ambitions, including cooperative work on the implementation of the CNSA’s "Chang'e 7" lunar polar exploration mission and Roscosmos’ Luna-26 orbiter spacecraft. The two space agencies also committed to previously announced plans...
June 2015
Space, secular stagnation, and the economic crisis
... capabilities have never been taken advantage of such as the ability to assemble space vehicles headed for commercial or exploration missions. Expanding the ISS into an industrial facility could enable the goal of providing all of Earth’s citizens...
15 November 2019
First public test of Mars lander for China ahead of 2020 launch
...exception of those launched by NASA. The event at Huailai marked the first public appearance of China's Mars exploration mission, and was attended by a number of officials including Wu Yanhua, vice administrator of China National Space Administration...
