December 2014
Technology drives space exploration: we won’t make it to Mars without investment
... this year, NASA will launch the first test flight of the Orion spacecraft. We are building the rocket that will carry us out into ... With the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket and Orion spacecraft coming online soon, the next great leaps in space...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
... life support for four astronauts aboard the Orion crew module. We are also working with... will achieve new dimensions in exploration and operations. Aeronautics, spacecraft engineering and all other related disciplines are definitely an exciting field...
08 October 2018
A round-up of news from this years IAC
... individuals at an industry-defining price of $1.2 million per kilogram. Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft announced it was looking for ideas of commercial uses, including payloads, science, STEM, art and entertainment...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
...the capture of the first asteroid by the crew of Orion; an event followed by more than four billion spectators in...elements of the station. A 3D printer saved the mission. The Orion spacecraft - a key to future outer space exploration. A lunar tourist ...
04 May 2020
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines
... controllers are built by Honeywell Aerospace in Clearwater, Florida, a major subcontractor to Aerojet Rocketdyne. The SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, Gateway and Human Landing System are part of NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration. Work is well...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... of waste heat generated. In the case of nuclear-powered spacecraft, long distances are necessitated due to safety considerations, and the...the world. Artist’s impression of the Orion spacecraft re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. Radiation shielding The...
