In 2015, microwave engineering company, Flann Microwave, was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide critical hardware for the high-resolution, radar components on a new, multinational satellite — […]
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NASA awards SpaceX with the Sentinel-6B launch services contract
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6B mission. Sentinel-6B will continue the long-term, global sea level, data record started in […]
Boeing’s Spectrolab to power JPL’s Earth Surface Survey Mission
More than 3,000 solar cells will power the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, as the internationally led mission conducts the first global survey of water on the Earth’s […]
UPDATE 2: ispace’s HAKUTOR-R mission 1 successfully launched by SpaceX
On Sunday, December 11 at 2:38 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1 and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Lunar Flashlight to a lunar transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex […]
UPDATE 1: Ready for Falcon 9 push — NASA’s Lunar Flashlight smallsat now set for December 1st launch
When NASA’s Lunar Flashlight launches, the smallsat will start a three month journey, with mission navigators guiding the spacecraft far past the Moon. The smallsat will then be slowly pulled […]
Advanced Space offers a CAPSTONE mission update
Advanced Space LLC. has completed its fourth trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) for CAPSTONE — TCM-4 was the fourth of six planned maneuvers en route to the Moon, targeting the precise […]
Solar panel construction contract for NASA’s CADRE mobile robot program assigned to Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has been selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to supply solar panels that will power NASA’s shoe-box-sized mobile robots as part of the Cooperative Autonomous […]
NASA awards contracts to assess Near-Space communication capabilities
NASA has selected two companies – Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) USA of Denver and SpaceLink Corporation of McLean, Virginia. These companies will develop capability studies to explore and demonstrate communications […]
Spire’s contract extension with NASA for Earth Observation data
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced today the continuation of its participation in NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data […]
NASA Remembers September 11, with views from the ISS
The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were a national tragedy that resulted in a staggering loss of life and a significant change in American culture. Each year, we pause and remember. […]