Orion
Orion astronaut flight faces delay to 2023
Posted in Science on 18th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
The Space Launch System (SLS) is more powerful than the Apollo program's Saturn V, and is due to make its debut with the Orion vehicle in an uncrewed configuration, in late 2018.
NASA Successfully Tests Engine For Future Mars Mission
Posted in Science on 14th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
NASA completed one of the last tests of an engine that will help to propel its Orion crew capsule on future deep-space missions
2014: It's been a busy year in space
Posted in Featured, Science on 26th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
In a mixture of triumph and tragedy, space exploration reached new horizons, tested new technologies, and pushed the limits of possibility.
Orion is a Triumph. Let's Not Waste It
Posted in Science on 7th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
The current plan is to lasso a small asteroid with a robotic ship and put it in orbit around the moon.
Orion 'Mars ship' launch postponed
Posted in Science on 5th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
The first test flight of the US space agency's Orion "Mars ship" has been postponed, amid technical issues.