After a series of delays, including one caused by Hurricane Nicole, Artemis I’s Orion spacecraft finally lifted off from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, USA. The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket was launched at 0647 GMT on 16 November with its...
Having had its previous launch attempt on 29 August scrubbed by an engine temperature sensor issue, a second attempt to launch the giant SLS rocket carrying the Orion capsule on an uncrewed Artemis I test flight was delayed again on 3 September. This time it was a...
The much awaited first flight of the US SLS (Space Launch System) launch vehicle carrying the NASA Artemis I test flight of the uncrewed Orion spacecraft (plus 10 cubesat spacecraft) around the Moon has had to wait. An initially suspected hydrogen bleed issue meant...
NASA’s plans for unmanned and later human launches to the Moon have been given the green light to proceed after its new, but much delayed, heavy-lift launch vehicle, the SLS, passed a fuelling and countdown test during its fourth Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR). As with...
The much delayed SLS Heavy-lift Launch Vehicle (HLV) due to take NASA astronauts back to the Moon won’t be going anywhere soon. Its Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Centre, starting on 4 April, suffered a series of setbacks that in the...
While NASA’s US$4.25 billion Europa Clipper unmanned exploration flyby mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa was always mooted as going on the NASA Heavy lift launch vehicle (HLV) SLS, and, in fact, was at one stage Congressionally obliged to do so, in the end...
