October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
...the proving ground are already in development. In December 2014, the Orion crew vehicle made its first uncrewed test flight. It reached 15...to Mars. In just a few years, SLS will launch Orion on another uncrewed test flight around the Moon, and then ...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
... start of the Obama administration a decade ago, one of the key observations was that the giant size of an Orion capsule that could accommodate up to eight astronauts might be reduced to a four-astronaut configuration. Had this suggestion, outlined...
18 March 2022
Rocket roll time for NASA’s new Moonshot
...week as the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with Orion spacecraft atop arrived at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for a final...Pad 39B, it took 10 hours and 28 minutes for SLS and Orion to reach the launch pad four miles away. The trip began at...
02 October 2019
First look at China's new spacecraft capable of deep-space travel
... a lot like the crew and service module from NASA’s Orion spacecraft which the US agency hope will carry their astronauts ... consists of a crew module and a service module. Like Orion, this will provide the power, propulsion and life support facilities...
29 August 2022
Lift-off draws close for NASA’s spectacular lunar return mission
...debut mission to the Moon, the only ‘crew members’ aboard Orion - which is capable of carrying six astronauts - are specially equipped... was replaced by the Artemis programme, though the Orion crew spacecraft did survive the transition. The five-...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
...ahead of the agency’s Artemis I mission, which will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test flight around the Moon and back to Earth,...space exploration. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and supplies to the Moon on a single ...
