by David Todd | Nov 18, 2014 | ESA, exploration, NASA, SLS
Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS) has been formally awarded a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) worth €390 million to construct the service module for the NASA manned space capsule Orion. The service module will provide propulsion, power supply, thermal...
by David Todd | Nov 7, 2014 | NASA, Seradata News, SLS
NASA’s Space Launch System has been much derided by critics, and yet it seems to sail serenely on, passing its Critical Design Review and with construction already begun. David Todd reports on the next steps in building this new super-heavy lift launch vehicle which...
by David Todd | Sep 3, 2014 | NASA, Russia, Seradata News, SLS
While Russia’s President Vladimir Putin might have more controversial foreign and military issues to contend with, he has found the time to formally sign the authorisation for the development of a Russian SLS-equivalent super-heavy lift launch vehicle which,...
by David Todd | Jul 3, 2014 | NASA, Seradata News, SLS, Space Shuttle
Boeing has finalised a contract with NASA to develop the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket ever built and destined to propel America’s return to human exploration of deep space. The US$2.8 billion contract confirms Boeing...
by David Todd | Oct 8, 2013 | China, ESA, exploration, History, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Science, SLS, Technology
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is held every year in a different world city. As China has become the “third force” in manned spaceflight, it was logical and correct that Beijing, China’s capital city, should be selected as the venue...
by David Todd | Aug 5, 2013 | exploration, NASA, Orion, Seradata News, SLS
While NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) heavy lift rocket is being designed to help its astronauts to one day reach the planets and passing asteroids, it remains under fire. Critics in the US House of Representatives and elsewhere note that it is sucking NASA...
