August 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
... atmosphere, not in space. For those familiar with the Space Shuttle programme, this is our ‘Enterprise’ - we needed to test controllability of the vehicle, see how it flew in the atmosphere and how it landed. An artist’s impression of Dream Chaser...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
... from 10-4 to 10-1 Hz a space-based detector, undisturbed by ground motion, is required. The principle of such an observatory is that free-falling test masses, which are isolated from all external forces, will move along geodesics of the curved space...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... the XL’s second stage and achieves a higher vacuum performance at 85 kN thrust. This engine will be tested at the company’s own test facility in Scotland. Engine test in July 2019. The third stage of the XL carries the payload into orbit, following...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
...of human exploration beyond Earth orbit. Equipped to launch crews of up to four in NASA’s Orion spacecraft, its first significant test is Artemis, the much-publicised mission to land American astronauts “including the first woman” on the Moon by 2024...
01 April 2015
Media Spun Up on NASA Cutting-edge Mars Landing Technology
...mission_pages/tdm/ldsd/ The LDSD mission is part of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, which is innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use in future missions. NASA's technology investments provide cutting-edge solutions for...
08 July 2020
NASA increases recommendations required by Boeing for Starliner flight
..., NASA has drawn up a list of 80 recommendations that the aerospace giant will have to address before attempting a second test flight of its Starliner space capsule later this year; this is an increase of 19 further recommendations that the agency...
