At a recent media event, NASA’s Orion Program Manager provided a brief update on development and preparations for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). Mark Kirasich ran through some of the current status of the EM-1 spacecraft elements that, once assembled and checked out, will make the cislunar test flight currently forecast for mid-2020.
The crew compartment for NASA’s first crewed Orion spacecraft is headed to its launch site…
As NASA continues to analyze and refine the profile for the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) test…
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Construction of the living and working area for the first crewed Orion spacecraft is well…
As US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), one of the…
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As part of the normal review process, NASA has updated the NASA Advisory Council (NAC)…
As part of its comprehensive review to the NASA Advisory Council, the US space agency…
While continuing to impress even themselves with their ability to successfully propulsively land Falcon 9…
NASA’s key advisory body has warned the agency that schedule pressure, in combination with cost…
A November meeting of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) Advanced Exploration Systems division…
In the face of political uncertainty and public apathy, NASA is beginning to push the…
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is one step closer from allowing a human crew to fly…
A lengthy National Research Council (NRC) report into the US Human Space Flight program cited the…
Experts and lawmakers reviewed an alternative plan for Orion’s first crewed mission into deep space…