Solstar Space (Solstar) has been selected by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase I contract in the amount of $74,752 to address pressing challenges for the Department of the Air Force […]
Lunar
ATLAS Space Operations to support Blue Origin’s Blue Ring DarkSky-1 mission
Announced in October of 2023, Blue Ring provides end-to-end services that span hosting, transportation, refueling, data relay, and logistics in MEO, GEO, lunar orbits, and beyond. Blue Origin and Defense Innovation Unit […]
Axiom Space teams with Astrolab to advance lunar exploration
Astrolab, together with teammates Axiom Space and Odyssey Space Research, were awarded a NASA contract to advance the development of a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to enable Artemis astronauts to […]
Advantech to support NASA’s Artemis
It’s official, said Advantech‘s Vice President of Global Sales, Tony Radford. The company will be supplying more solid state power amplifier (SSPA) systems to support NASA’s Lunar Exploration and Colonization […]
Northrop Grumman to develop concept for a lunar railroad
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by DARPA to further develop the concept of building a moon-based, railroad network as part of the broader 10-year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) […]
Terran Orbital’s CAPSTONE smallsat exceeds expectations
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) as announced that the company’s 12U smallsat built for Advanced Space’s CAPSTONE™ (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) mission in support of […]
Lonestar launches Independence their first lunar data center test mission payload on Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 enroute to the Moon
Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. successfully launched its advanced lunar data center test mission, “Independence,” which began its voyage to the Moon as a customer payload with Intuitive Machines aboard their […]
SSTL engages in Lunar Pathfinder antenna tests
One of Surrey Satellite Technologies Limited (SSTL) key missions in build is the Lunar Pathfinder, and all of the elements are coming together in anticipation of a launch toward the […]
USSF selects Texas A&M University to lead SSTI-ISO initiative with Aegis Aerospace as a partner
The United States Space Force (USSF) has selected Texas A&M University (TAMU) to lead the Space Strategic Technology Institute for In-Space Operations (SSTI-ISO), a groundbreaking initiative to advance technologies for […]
Astrobotic’s two NASA contracts to investigate rocket plumes and their interaction with the lunar surface
Astrobotic has begun work on two NASA Small Business Innovation Research contracts that will further research on lunar plume-surface interactions (PSI), a key area of risk and uncertainty for lunar […]