Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, December 4, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Humans will settle Mars, but they may not venture further on a permanent basis, predicts exploration advocate Louis Friedman. Experts rush to...
‘Heart’ of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft to Undergo Stress Tests
A critical piece of NASA’s Orion spacecraft — which may carry astronauts to deep-space locations like Mars — is about to begin a series of crucial tests to determine whether or not it can withstand the rigors of spaceflight. The Orion service module, built by...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, December 3, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Aerojet Rocketdyne provides critical 3-D manufactured components for the NASA/Lockheed Martin Orion crew exploration capsule. Russia cuts its...
Aerojet Rocketdyne 3-D prints Orion’s nozzle extensions
NASA’s Orion partner Aerojet Rocketdyne has recently completed a milestone in additive manufacturing–12 nozzle extensions for Orion’s crew module reaction control system (RCS). The nozzle extensions will provide greater stability to the RCS system...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA and the European Space Agency demonstrate plans to cooperate in the human exploration of deep space with development of the Orion crew...
Orion’s engineering legacy
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is a mix of old and new: the tried and tested Apollo-era capsule design elements have been married with Shuttle-era crew amenities and modern technology. With the ability to carry a crew of four, a “glass cockpit” digital...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Europe’s service module contribution to NASA’s Orion crew exploration capsule could pave the way for the participation of European...
Tune into today for news on the Orion Spacecraft
NASA Television will broadcast an event marking the arrival of a full-size test version of the service module provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft at 12:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 30 at the agency’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky,...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s Space Launch System will carry CubeSats aboard Exploration Mission-1, the agency’s 2018 inaugural SLS test flight of the...Space Talk
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