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As the August launch date for NASA’s first Artemis lunar mission approaches, Northrop Grumman has released dramatic video footage of a full-scale static fire test of the giant solid-fueled Flight Support Booster-2 that will power the Space Launch Syste… Continue reading SLS rocket booster put through its paces in spectacular static fire test
After wrapping up testing of its next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) last month, NASA has now announced a series of launch windows in which it could take off for the first time. This uncrewed demo flight could come as soon as next month if things… Continue reading NASA lays out the launch windows for its massive Moon rocket
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) lunar mission looks like it’s back on track after a day of suspense, as NASA and contractor Advanced Space re-establish radio contact with the robotic… Continue reading CAPSTONE lunar probe phones home after dramatic day of silence
In a development that’s thrown a spanner in the works of its US$37.2-million Artemis program, NASA has lost radio contact with its Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) CubeSat space probe.Con… Continue reading NASA loses radio contact with CAPSTONE lunar probe
NASA took its first step today in establishing its Gateway orbital lunar outpost with the launch at 5:55 am EDT of its Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) CubeSat atop a Rocket Lab Electron … Continue reading NASA’s CAPSTONE CubeSat lifts off to test orbit of future space station
NASA has put a patchy few months behind it to officially conclude the testing campaign for its Space Launch System (SLS) and begin preparations for its maiden flight later this year. All going to plan, that unmanned Artemis 1 mission will validate the … Continue reading NASA eyes August launch after concluding tests of SLS Moon rocket
Artemis Technologies out of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has launched what is claimed to be the world’s first commercially viable all-electric foiling workboat, which cuts through the water with minimal wake at up to 34 knots and offers a per-charge crui… Continue reading America’s Cup sailing team spin-out launches all-electric foiling workboat
When NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have to clamber around on the outside of the orbiting facility for maintenance or repairs, they don a spacesuit known as the …read more Continue reading NASA Turns to Commercial Partners for Spacesuits
NASA has awarded service contracts worth up to US$3.5 billion through 2034 to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide new space suits to the agency and private firms, for use on the International Space Station (ISS) and on the Moon.Continue Readin… Continue reading NASA awards contracts for next-generation space suits it’ll rent
To keep the lights on in NASA’s Artemis human lunar outpost, Sandia National Laboratories is developing electrical micro-grids to handle the power distribution from the Moon base’s mini nuclear reactors to the various living and support facilities.Cont… Continue reading Sandia developing micro-grids to power future Moon base