Mini-mag Orion and Other Designs Andrews Space in the early 2000s proposed Mini-mag orion. Mini-Mag Orion uses magnetic fields to compress and ignite small nuclear pellets, offering a more controlled ...

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...

Before we landed on the Moon, in the early days of the Cold War, Project Orion contemplated using Nuclear Bombs to power ... So long and thanks for all the space junk: China-based Starlink ...

That happened in 2022 on the Artemis I mission when an uncrewed Orion spacecraft traveled to the moon. For now, NASA is sticking with the pricey SLS as the rocket for its next two Artemis missions ...

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service ...

NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a close approach to the moon Monday, about 81 miles above the surface, as it maneuvered to enter a lunar orbit. The test flight of the Artemis I mission is a key ...

March 7 (UPI) --NASA on Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission ...