The first test flight of NASA’s Orion capsule, designed to one day carry people to Mars, has been delayed until 2019 at the earliest due to high costs, the US space agency said Friday. The unmanned test flight had been scheduled for November 2018 but was pushed back after the White House asked for a … Read more
NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts beyond earth’s orbit and eventually to Mars, the US space agency said. A report by NASA’s Office of Inspector General cited technical as well as budget challenges. The first launch of the Orion spacecraft atop the planned … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a law that said manned missions to deep space, including to Mars, would be the US space agency’s main goal in the decades to come. According to the text – adopted by a rare unanimous vote in the Senate and House of Representatives – NASA will work toward the … Read more
The US space agency said it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. Orion is being built with an eye to one day ferrying astronauts to Earth’s neighboring planet, Mars, perhaps by the 2030s. Until now, the Orion test flight … Read more