NASA won't fly manned tests of its next spacecraft, the Orion MPCV, until at least 2021, according to top administrators at the agency. The agency has been developing Orion and the Space Launch System heavy-lift launch vehicle, the rocket that will power the spacecraft, since last year. ...
attempt to leverage commercial launch capabilities, and 4. provide a growth path for manned space exploration. The safety of next generation vehicles is a prime concern, and NASA aims to achieve orders of magnitude improvement in their safety levels as compared to today's manned launch vehicles,...
The technology review said that in the next few weeks, the Obama administration will make decisions on the future of us manned spaceflight, which will have an important impact on the direction of the constellation plan. Hill said: "our bottom line is that as long as we plan to carry out ...
Lunar Flashlight, the U.S. space agency NASA's small satellite will enter into orbit around the moon this year. It will use near-infrared lasers and an onboard spectrometer to map ice in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon's South Pole. Besides, NASA is working hard to develop the...
Through Artemis, NASA will send astronauts – including the first woman and first person of color – to explore the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build the foundation for crewed missions to Mars. Together, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, Gateway ...
NASA administrator Bill Nelson said at a press conference on Saturday a manned return on Starliner would be too dangerous, and the two astronauts are safest staying on the space station. "Spaceflight is risky," he said. "Even at its safest, and even at its most routine. A test fli...
In July, the rocket will launch the first space laboratory of China's space station. The carrier rocket will join the space lab named Wentian, or Quest for the Heavens, at Wenchang. The China Manned Space Agency said the Wentian lab module and Long March-5B will ...
CREW OF FIRST MANNED FLIGHT TO MOON URGES MARS MISSION BUT NASA SAYS A LUNAR BASE IS THE MORE LIKELY NEXT STEP Introduction: The SEIS experiment is the primary payload of the Interior Structure Investigation using Seismology and Heat Transport (InSight) mission sele... DLCG Staff 被引量: 0发...
On June 2nd, local time, NASA and Boeing announced that they plan to re-attempt to launch the Boeing Starliner spacecraft on June 5th for a manned test flight. The Starliner spacecraft's manned test flight mission was canceled on June 1st due to technical problems. NASA said that its team...
Yang Liwei, deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, said that China is in the preliminary stage of its manned lunar program and estimated that Chinese astronauts will be able to walk on the moon around 2030. LOW-COST SPACE TRANSPORT ...