The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has issued an invitation for industry research and development proposals on various technologies that would support future commercial space stations and replacement efforts on the International Space Station. Yasuo Ishii, JAXA senior vice president, told participants at the Spacetide conference in Tokyo that the proposal invitation is part of the […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has tapped Scout Space to participate in an initiative that will allow the Department of Defense access to innovative technologies. Scout Space joins the Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems Consortium after the startup submitted a proposal on the project that will create an autonomous in-space threat […]
NASA has completed testing the viability of integrating an autonomous systems payload on an orbiting spacecraft. On Wednesday, the U.S. space agency announced that its Stennis Space Center and Sidus Space made a significant milestone in its Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications payload project. The two organizations disclosed successfully establishing a telemetry link to […]
Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies are the latest vendors to join the 10 other space companies competing for tasks under a U.S. Space Force small satellite mission program. The announcement comes after Blue Origin received a contract to provide its New Glenn rocket as part of the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane […]
The National Science Foundation and OpticalX are developing a computational optics solution for tracking centimeter-sized debris in space. On Monday, OpticalX announced that it had received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract from NSF to work on computation optics that would be used in detecting and tracking small space debris in low Earth […]
NASA has awarded SpaceX a $69 million, firm-fixed-price contract to launch the Compton Spectrometer and Imager space telescope mission. The contract encompasses launch services and mission-related expenses, NASA said. Scientists will use COSI, a wide-field gamma-ray telescope, to investigate the formation and destruction of matter and antimatter, the final stages of stellar evolution and other […]
Leidos will provide NASA missions with engineering, maintenance and operations support under a potential $476.5 million contract with a two-year base period and three option years. The fourth iteration of the Cargo Mission Contract covers the International Space Station program and the Artemis moon exploration program among other missions, NASA said Thursday. According to the […]
Two new white papers published by NASA detail the agency’s Moon to Mars architecture, a comprehensive plan for lunar and Martian exploration. The papers delve into the logistical challenges of establishing a human presence on the moon, particularly the transportation and cargo requirements, NASA said. One white paper, “Lunar Mobility Drivers and Needs,” tackles the […]
Leidos will provide NASA missions with engineering, maintenance and operations support under a potential $476.5 million contract with a two-year base period and three option years. The fourth iteration of the Cargo Mission Contract covers the International Space Station program and the Artemis moon exploration program among other missions, NASA said Thursday. According to the […]
Space exploration company Voyager Space is working to expand its capabilities under a new partnership with artificial intelligence solutions provider Palantir Technologies. An expansion of an existing memorandum of understanding, the new deal allows Voyager to integrate the Palantir Foundry and the Artificial Intelligence Platform solutions into its payload management system for use in the […]
