23 November 2020
China's lunar sample return mission to launch tonight
... by relaying signals from the spacecraft during two critical phases. Scheduled to lift off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan, a 57-metre Long March 5 heavy-lift carrier rocket, which was transported to a port in Wenchang by ships...
21 June 2019
Artemis-1 flight faces delays suggests new report
...damning report has suggesting its Artemis-1 programme in which the Space Launch System (SLS) is due to fly an uncrewed Orion...an up to 19-month delay for the three programs—the Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle, the Orion spacecraft, and supporting ...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
... (OIG) outlined these issues and many others in an audit report (issued 10 March) titled “NASA’s Management of Space Launch System Program Costs and Contracts.” Doug Loverro, associate administrator of NASA’s human exploration and operations mission...
06 November 2019
Boeing's ‘fewest steps to the Moon’ proposal for NASA’s Human Lander
... events from 11 down to five to help maximise crew safety say Boeing. “Using the lift capability of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B, we have developed a ‘Fewest Steps to the Moon’ approach that minimizes mission complexity, while...
15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
.... The spacecraft’s first mission will be Artemis 1; an uncrewed flight to test the integration of the spaceship with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. During Artemis 1, Orion will travel thousands of kilometres beyond the Moon, farther than...
19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
... up the Gateway have to be delivered somehow and NASA's delayed development of its new heavy-lift rocket the Space Launch System (SLS) could have an impact on realising these goals on time. Even if commercial companies were contracted to pick...
