28 May 2021
US GAO report casts doubt on 2024 lunar landing
... revealed just one participant – SpaceX – had been selected due to insufficient funding from Congress and its SLS launch vehicle has been plagued with finance issues. NASA also faces criticism in the GAO report...
16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
... of that is for the Space Launch System ($148.9 million) and the Exploration Ground Systems associated with SLS and Orion ($100 million); the framework needed if the agency is continue its efforts to eventually land the...
22 July 2021
Factory of the future for Orion capsules
... and NASA’s new administrator under President Joe Biden, has said Artemis 1 will launch on the first SLS later this year. Meanwhile, parts of the Artemis 3 vehicle have already started to come together. Whereas Artemis...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... the mission is scheduled to launch on 28 February. NASA will themselves be hoping for success in 2022 with their first SLS mission, Artemis 1. The agency’s huge 101 metre-tall Space Launch System has endured numerous delays...
24 January 2022
Solar sail mission will intercept and study small asteroid
... mission based on a six-unit CubeSat and it will be one of 10 secondary payloads aboard NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, currently scheduled for launch no earlier than March. The mission will act as a nimble scout for...
10 January 2024
NASA announces delays to astronaut lunar missions
... and work away from home, and prepare for future human exploration of the Red Planet. NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, exploration ground systems, and Orion spacecraft, along with the human landing...
