Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has just launched their water-powered CubeSat spacecraft, EQUilibriUm Lunar-Earth point 6U (EQUULEUS), to rendezvous with NASA’s Orion spacecraft. The Orion recently broke the record for the furthest distance traveled by a spacecraft that could carry a human crew. The EQUULEUS uses water as a propellant.
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Project Artemis is NASA’s new lunar exploration program. It includes sending the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. Through the Artemis missions, NASA will use new technology to study the Moon in new and better ways. It will also be preparing the way for human missions to Mars.
In-space manufacturing will form a huge part of the future of space exploitation. It will massively reduce the cost of launching otherwise fully built structures to orbit and beyond.
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Atwater, Hajimiri, and Pelligrino discussed their project as it nears a significant milestone. A test launch of prototypes into Earth orbit is expected in December of 2022.
