Airbus Defence and Space is in the home stretch of work to ship the first European Service Module (ESM) to its Florida launch site for integration with the rest of the hardware for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. When fully assembled and tested, Orion will be launched on the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) test flight to orbit the Moon and return.
The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have signed a statement of intent to jointly…
NASA is getting the hardware ready for an important test next year of the launch…
NASA has released a Request For Information for a new engine the agency will use…
Construction of the living and working area for the first crewed Orion spacecraft is well…
Preparations involving the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion are enjoying a relatively trouble-free processing flow…
The Orion European Service Module (ESM) Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) is in the opening phases…
With all the structural test articles (STA) of the Orion spacecraft at prime contractor Lockheed…
As US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), one of the…
NASA is continuing to work towards the historic maiden launch of the Space Launch System (SLS),…
Lockheed Martin has delivered the Orion crew vehicle’s heat shield for the upcoming EM-1 test…
Orbital ATK has unveiled preliminary plans to place a four-person habitat in cislunar space by…
NASA’s key advisory body has warned the agency that schedule pressure, in combination with cost…
One of the major milestones for Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) was completed on Monday with…
NASA is nearly ready to begin testing of a core component of the Orion spacecraft.…
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has passed a critical milestone via the Key Decision Point -C (KDP-C)…
The Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion is now being welded together at the Michoud Assembly…
The Orion Program has successfully conducted another parachute drop test over the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is continuing to make relatively good progress during its development…
Orbital ATK has signed a deal worth nearly $100m dollars to provide Orion’s Launch Abort…