Not exact matches
FRANKFURT, April 17 - More than 100 parts for U.S.
space agency NASA's deep -
space capsule Orion will be made by 3 D printers, using technology that experts say will eventually become key to efforts to send
humans to Mars.
FRANKFURT, April 17 (Reuters)- More than 100 parts for U.S.
space agency NASA's deep -
space capsule Orion will be made by 3D printers, using technology that experts say will eventually become key to efforts to send
humans to Mars.
Boeing is on course to reignite American
human spaceflight with its CST - 100 Starliner, a 21st century
space capsule that will take people to and from low - Earth orbit.
The SpaceX Dragon
capsule's mission to the
space station includes a clever mouse cell experiment that investigates how years of
space flight affects
humans
The cone - shaped vehicle, designed to carry
humans farther into
space than ever before, is reminiscent of the Apollo
capsules that flew astronauts to the moon, but it is a third larger.
Late yesterday the agency announced that its proposed Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), which is intended to take
humans to asteroids and eventually to Mars, will be virtually identical in design to Orion, a
space capsule that was being developed under the Bush Administration's Constellation program.
NASA gets to continue building a new rocket and astronaut
capsule that will allow the country to again send
humans to the
space station, the moon, and even Mars.
Do you think Europe will develop its own
human - rated
space capsule / vehicle in the next ten years?
Orion will use an advanced crew
capsule design utilizing state of the art technology and is a key element of NASA's Vision for
Space Exploration and will succeed the
Space Shuttle in transporting a new generation of
human explorers to and from the International
Space Station, the Moon and eventually to Mars and beyond.
One additional benefit of transmitting messages into
space at high power is that they serve a purpose analogous to digital time
capsules, preserving the knowledge of
human civilization, should our species become extinct.
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) recently launched into orbit their Dragon capsule, designed to transport humans and cargo into s
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) recently launched into orbit their Dragon
capsule, designed to transport
humans and cargo into
spacespace.
Invading dragons have razed the Earth,
human civilization has collapsed, and survivors have taken to living out the remainder of their days in
capsules in outer
space.