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June 25, 2020

NASA studying practice rendezvous options for Artemis 2 Orion

NASA is studying the addition of an Orion rendezvous demonstration… Read More

June 22, 2020

SLS booster segments arrive in Florida, but stacking on hold until core stage test

The 10 booster segments for the first flight of NASA’s Space… Read More

May 18, 2020

NASA will likely add a rendezvous test to the first piloted Orion space mission

Artist’s illustration of an Orion spacecraft with the upper… Read More

May 15, 2020

Stennis returning as battle to protect SLS maiden launch in 2021 restarts

Hands-on operations with the Space Launch System (SLS) resumed this… Read More

May 1, 2020

Hopeful for launch next year, NASA aims to resume SLS operations within weeks

A crane hoisted the Space Launch System core stage into the B-2 test… Read More

April 30, 2020

Companies release new details on human-rated lunar lander concepts

Artist’s illustration of SpaceX’s Starship on the… Read More

April 28, 2020

From Shuttle Sadness to Dragon Delight – USA prepares to regain domestic crew launch capability

The gap in US domestic crew launch capability is coming to an end as … Read More

April 13, 2020

Lockheed Martin continues NASA Orion KSC processing for Artemis 1

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is set up … Read More

March 30, 2020

Back in Florida, Orion capsule nears readiness for Artemis test flight

NASA’s Orion spacecraft, perched on top of its European-built… Read More

March 25, 2020

Artemis 1 Orion returns to KSC after Plum Brook testing

Riding aboard NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft, the Orion spacecraft… Read More

March 20, 2020

NASA decides against using Gateway for 2024 lunar landing

As NASA organizes a push to return a human presence to the Moon for the… Read More

February 10, 2020

Trump administration requests funding boost for NASA’s Artemis moon program

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Artist’s… Read More

January 30, 2020

Artemis 1 Orion halfway through Plum Brook thermal vacuum test

The NASA Orion spacecraft that will fly the Artemis 1 lunar orbit mission… Read More

January 26, 2020

Bipartisan House bill spurns 2024 moon landing goal, favoring focus on Mars

Rep. Kendra Horn (D-Oklahoma), chair of the space and aeronautics… Read More

November 29, 2019

Earth observation, deep space exploration big winners in new ESA budget

Frédérique Vidal, the French government’s representative… Read More

October 25, 2019

NASA conducting data deep dive following July’s Orion ascent abort test

Following the successful July Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test of the Launch… Read More

October 8, 2019

One on one ESA Director General Johann-Dietrich Wörner

Last Sunday (October 6th) the annual ESA-ESTEC open house day was … Read More

September 23, 2019

NASA taps Lockheed Martin to build six more Orion crew capsules

Artist’s illustration of an Orion spacecraft at the moon.… Read More