Mockup of capsule descended safely with multiple induced failures

NEW DELHI — India’s space agency has plans to start a new facility for production of cryogenic engines and components for its future rockets. The cryogenic engine manufacturing unit, to be established at the aerospace division of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) in Bengaluru three years from now, is estimated to cost around $25 million (1.4 billion rupees), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chief K. Radhakrishnan says.

SPACESUIT AWARD: NASA will spend an estimated $4.38 million with ILC Dover on the design, manufacture and test of a next-generation spacesuit, under a contract announced April 25. Designed to improve astronaut capability during extravehicular activities, the Z-2 suit will operate at higher pressure than previous models, to improve productivity. It will also be designed to work with existing airlocks and new designs in development at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Used Canadian robot arm to demonstrate series of capabilities

In a bustling factory in Mississippi, shiny blue cradles holding new aircraft radars line up for shipment like jets on a flight line, ready for takeoff

NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) are backing studies to address a range of health and performance issues confronting astronauts assigned to long-duration spaceflight, ranging from the vision impairments that have surfaced recently with International Space Station crew members to fundamental concerns like nutrition. The $17 million in grant awards to 23 principal investigators associated with 18 U.S. university, government and private-sector institutions will span from one to three years.

The five-segment solid rocket booster under development by ATK and Marshall Space Flight Center as part of NASA’s Block 1 Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket has completed a Preliminary Design Review that supports an unpiloted test flight with the Orion crew vehicle in 2017.

Russia will train and transport another six crew members to the ISS