04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
Boeing's second attempt at an uncrewed test flight of its new Starliner capsule to the International Space Station has been postponed indefinitely due to an "unexpected valve" problem discovered after an electrical storm yesterday. “We're not ...
20 September 2021
Best time for a human Mars mission? During a solar maximum, new study says
With SpaceX founder Elon Musk racking up Starship prototypes as fast as he can build them in order to build colonies on Mars – work on SN20, or Ship 20 is currently in progress – and China suggesting it is also going to build a base on the Red ...
17 December 2020
Chang'e 5 probe returns to Earth with Moon rocks
China's most sophisticated and challenging space adventure – the Chang'e 5 robotic lunar mission – ended successfully early Thursday morning with its cargo of lunar rocks and dust landing on the grasslands in northern China. The China National Space...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... technologies and the delivery of scientific payloads to the Moon, leading the way for a future of prolonged space exploration. The private spacecraft would be able to deliver up to 100 kg payload to the lunar surface with each flight. About...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
...telescopes that will provide an unprecedented look at our universe. NASA is developing SLS in parallel with two other exploration systems development efforts - the Orion crew vehicle programme, managed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... to the Moon, it will carry a payload specifically focused on protecting astronauts from space radiation. NASA’s uncrewed Orion Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) flight around the Moon in 2019 will carry the MARE payload to expand upon previous research...
