Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been selected for a Multiple-Award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by NASA to provide Earth Observation (EO) data for the agency’s Commercial Smallsat […]
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Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman team up to develop Starlab Space Station
Voyager Space (Voyager) announced plans to enter a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to develop fully autonomous rendezvous and docking technology for Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft and provide […]
NASA awards Outpost a contract to advance the cargo return system
Outpost Technologies Corporation has been awarded a Phase II Ignite Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from NASA to continue development of the company’s “Cargo Ferry” in order to deliver […]
Axiom Space + Prada join forces on tech + design for NASA’s nexgen lunar spacesuits
In the first groundbreaking partnership between an Italian luxury fashion house and a commercial space company, Axiom Space will be collaborating with Prada on NASA’s lunar spacesuits for the Artemis […]
NASA selects commercial smallsat data acquisition contractors
NASA has selected seven companies to provide commercial data in support of the agency’s Earth science research. The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program will acquire Earth Observation (EO) data and […]
Northrop Grumman delivers rocket booster segments for NASA’s Artemis II mission
Northrop Grumman’s twin solid rocket booster segments with Artemis II astronauts (from left to right: Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen).Photo Credit is courtesy of Northrop Grumman. […]
NASA’s Webb reveals methane, carbon dioxide in atmosphere of K2-18 b, and maybe water
A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and […]
Rubicon’s ASCENT propulsion system to power NASA dual-mode project
Late last month, Rubicon Space Systems received a NASA contract to deliver ASCENT propulsion systems for use in a technology development effort to advance dual-mode propulsion. Dual-mode propulsion (sometimes called […]
NASA selects Ball Aerospace to develop NOAA’s GeoXO sounder instrument
NASA, on behalf of NOAA, selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation to develop the sounder instrument for a Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at […]
NASA Remembers September 11 from space
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 […]