13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
... point. The rolls are similar to maneuvers used by re-entering space shuttles to bleed off speed. “It will need to do these banking maneuvers... Curiosity Mars rover landing system and the space shuttle’s drag chutes. Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean is...
29 August 2022
Engine problem leads to scrub of SLS Artemis 1 mission
... more than one million seconds of total ground test and flight firing time. During the Space Shuttle programme, the RS-25 underwent several design updates to improve service life, durability, reliability, safety and performance. SLS...
26 February 2018
After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
...end of the Apollo era to the ‘What Next?’ Space Shuttle era with some damning analysis on the way. “The space... of the Nixon space heritage, especially with respect to the space shuttle”, says the author, but rightly makes no apology. After a career...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
...thin for either the parachutes of Apollo or the wings of the space shuttle. In 2012, the Curiosity rover’s “Seven Minutes of Terror” to... into space. When astronauts launched from Earth on the shuttle, they had the support of a large and capable team...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
...is about six times smaller than the final planned space shuttle, spent a little less than 13 minutes in flight before.... Some 600 scientists at ISRO have been working on the agency’s shuttle programme for a decade now and it is likely to be another ...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. She was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1994 and is a veteran of three Space Shuttle flights from 1998 to 2001, serving as a mission specialist. She holds a PhD in analytical chemistry. Neeraj Gupta is Director...
