SpaceX is currently targeting its first demonstration flight to the space station in July. Orbital's first mission of its Taurus 2 rocket and Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for March 2011. Thompson said Orbital's schedule for launch early next year is "busy and tight" due to a hectic pace ...
Lockheed Martin / AirbusOrion spacecraftundergoing 8 months of testing at Neil Armstrong Test Facility; Blue Origin projecting NET 2025 launch ofBlue Moon MK1, which does not require in-space refueling; Intuitive Machines preparing to carry 3 JPLCADRE roversand US$41.6M µNova hopper to Reiner...
a robotic resupply spacecraft that has flown four times to the International Space Station. The ATV's fifth and final mission is scheduled for launch in June.
“The Orion team continues to work toward completing the spacecraft. However, the initial timeframe for the launch of Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) has shifted from September-October to early December to support allowing more opportunities for launches this year,” accordi...
Orion spacecraft and Artemis 1 A close-up view of NASA's Artemis 1 Space Launch System megarocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 20, 2021.(Image credit: NASA/Frank Michaux)
Spacecraft Production and TestThe next generation human space transportation program, called Orion, is challenged to reduce the cost of sending crew to low earth orbit and beyond. A key feature in achieving this goal is to perform the final assembly and test of the spacecraft at the launch ...
An artist's concept of a NASA Orion spacecraft being attached to its Space Launch System megarocket. NASA officials said May 12 that it will delay the first test flight of the giant rocket and Orion from 2018 to 2019, and will not fly astronauts on that first mission.(Image credit: NASA...
"Completing the [Orion] according to the original schedule will allow many engineers and technicians to continue...to work on the Orion spacecraft that will fly atop the agency's Space Launch System," NASA said. "It will also ensure that NASA's partners are fullyready for the launch of ...
The Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS), carrying the Orion spacecraft, has finally launched and is en route to the Moon. Liftoff happened on time at 1:47 AM EST from Launch Complex 39B in Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The flight around the Moon and back gives NASA a chance...
NASA has successfully recovered an uncrewed version of its Orion crew capsule, marking the flawless completion of the spacecraft’s first Moon mission and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s first launch. Six years behind schedule, roughly$20 billionover budget, and costing taxpayers almost ...