21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
.... This new initiative will run alongside the development and flight of the Space Launch Systems (SLS), Orion, and the agency’s plans to build a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway in the 2020s. “The Moon will play...
24 October 2018
New constellations for Fermi's 10th birthday
While generation after generation of star gazers are accustomed to seeing the Great Bear or Orion shining bright in the night sky, it has been a very, very long time since the constellations were ...
15 May 2019
New funding under fire for Moon 2024 Artemis mission
... include funding to the tune of $651 or so, for the agencies Space Launch System mega rocket and the Orion capsule; NASA’s multi-purpose crew vehicle intended to facilitate human exploration of the Moon, and beyond. So far...
12 July 2019
NASA reassigns top leaders in Moon 2024 programme
... unhappy with the apparent slow progress of the Artemis lunar program and its key elements, the Orion spacecraft and the behemoth rocket that will carry it to the Moon and beyond, the Space Launch...
06 November 2019
Boeing's ‘fewest steps to the Moon’ proposal for NASA’s Human Lander
..., Space & Security. Under its proposals, once in orbit, the integrated lander will rendezvous with astronauts aboard Orion or the Gateway before taking the crew to the lunar surface. It can also carry itself from lunar...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
... modules for the Lunar Gateway, lunar robotic missions, and the European service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Another big winner of the meeting was ESA’s Copernicus programme; the most ambitious Earth observation...
