Tag: Orion Spacecraft

SpaceX tentatively targets March 14 for third Starship flight

Aerospace March 6, 2024

SpaceX may be on the cusp of launching its massive Starship rocket for a third time, potentially as early as next Thursday. In an...

NASA studying issues with Orion hatch design

Aerospace March 2, 2024

Sierra Space unveils fully integrated Dream Chaser spaceplane amid testing campaign

Aerospace February 1, 2024

Northrop charges on lunar Gateway module program reach $100 million

Aerospace January 25, 2024

First astronaut missions to the Moon since 1972 delayed due to heat shield questions, hardware readiness

AerospaceJanuary 9, 2024

A quartet of astronauts will have to wait until next year before their voyage around the Moon. In a robust update on Tuesday afternoon,...

NASA and SDA optical campaigns could share terminals

AerospaceJanuary 7, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO – NASA has been concentrating on the ground component of optical communications networks while the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency focuses...

NASA still studying Orion heat shield erosion from Artemis 1

AerospaceNovember 19, 2023

BERLIN — A year after the launch of the Artemis 1 mission, NASA is continuing to study the performance of the heat shield on...

On-time Artemis landings by SpaceX, Blue Origin possible, but face “great challenges”

AerospaceOctober 26, 2023

After a successful mission with Artemis 1 in November, 2022, and with the pieces of the Artemis 2 architecture coming together for a launch...

Nuclear Power for Cargo Ships on Earth and Rockets to Mars

EnergyJuly 28, 2023

Nuclear Power for Cargo Ships on Earth and Rockets to Mars BWXT to Provide Nuclear Reactor Engine and Fuel for DARPA Space Project...

Pressed to prove value of amphibious ships, Marines seek to add drones

DefenseJune 29, 2023

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s amphibious ships are as much of a Swiss Army knife as the Marine expeditionary units that deploy aboard them....

Czech Republic signs Artemis Accords

AerospaceMay 3, 2023

WASHINGTON — The Czech Republic became the 24th country to sign the Artemis Accords May 3, growing Europe’s presence in the U.S.-led agreement. In...

Artemis 1 cubesat nearing end of mission

AerospaceMay 2, 2023

WASHINGTON — A cubesat launched as a secondary payload on Artemis 1 may end its operations at the end of the month unless it...

Japanese company says commercial spacecraft crashed on moon landing attempt

AerospaceApril 25, 2023

A small spacecraft attempting to become the first privately-funded probe to accomplish a controlled landing on the moon likely fell to the lunar surface...

Japanese company aims to become first company to land on the moon Tuesday

AerospaceApril 24, 2023

The Japanese company ispace could become the first commercial firm to achieve a controlled landing on the moon Tuesday, when its privately-funded unpiloted Hakuto-R...

NASA names crew for first human mission to the moon in more than 50 years

AerospaceApril 3, 2023

NASA announced Monday that former U.S. Navy fighter pilots Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, veteran space station astronaut Christina Koch, and rookie Canadian astronaut...