October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... and operation. Other countries could offer components, which might or might not be accepted (Europe builds the Orion service module, for example), but it would be NASA-supervised and directed throughout. Having been a co-equal on the...
January 2022
Revealing the magnetic universe
...-mass (Sun-like) protostar. Similar features have now been observed by SOFIA on larger (1-100 pc) scales of the Orion star-forming region and a super star cluster in 30 Doradus, more than 10 and 1000 times bigger than...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... (for “water stagnation” reasons); instead, lunar-orbiting astronauts will be required to use the one in the Orion capsule. This design decision was further rationalised by explaining that, in contrast to the International Space Station, Gateway...
07 January 2016
France and Germany May Withdraw from ISS in 2020
... Vehicle, NASA and ESA agreed that the barter would include Europe's service module contribution to NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle – whose mission is not centered on the international space station but destinations beyond low...
17 August 2016
NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission Review Complete
... spacecraft will retrieve a boulder of a few meters in diameter from the asteroid and bring it to cislunar space. An manned Orion mission, planned for 2026, will then visit the boulder for research purposes. The mission will...
09 November 2016
How a Trump presidency might affect US space policy
... Trump administration will take a hard look at costly NASA programmes, such as the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, which could be replaced by cheaper, private alternatives. During the campaign Trump admitted in response to one question...
