28 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
...production time by about two months. Orion is planned for launch on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the end of 2018. “...on the vehicle's performance and how its systems functioned in space. Orion's heat shield is one of the most important ...
11 February 2016
$19 Billion NASA Budget Proposed by White House
..., moving some funds from the Space Launch System and Orion programs to aeronautics and space technology. Congress is expected to ... spacecraft, called the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM). Space technology came out ahead in the budget, with a ...
24 May 2019
SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its Starlink mega-constellation
... off from within the nose cone of a Falcon 9 rocket that had blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 22:30 local time (02:30 GMT, Friday). An hour later, the now ...
20 December 2019
Trouble for Starliner's inaugural flight as burn maneouver fails
... At 6:36 a.m. EST (1136 GMT) this morning, the reusable CST-100 Starliner capsule launched atop the United Launch Alliance "N22" Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. "It was stunning to see," NASA...
11 March 2019
NASA outlines future Moon to Mars plans
... from American soil for the first time since 2011. The Space Launch System, Orion spacecraft, and Gateway will continue to be our backbone for deep space exploration. “Beginning with a series of small commercial delivery missions to the...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
... the lunar surface. The agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket will launch four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft for ...beyond the initial crewed demonstration mission. With NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, HLS, and the ...
