In collaboration with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, DARPA recently released the Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) solicitation. The LASSO program aims to develop technologies to support significantly increasing the […]
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Thales Alenia Space contracts with Italian Space Agency to develop communications system for International Mars Ice Mapper mission
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed a contract with the Italian space agency (ASI) to develop the communications subsystem for the innovative International […]
NASA’s Psyche mission enters the home stretch before launch
With less than 100 days to go before the October 5 launch, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at Cape Canaveral, Florida — teams of engineers and technicians are […]
TRL Space awarded ESA funding
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently issued the first contract for the Lunar Geology Orbiter (LUGO), under which the international consortium led by Czech company TRL Space, will define the […]
Vast acquires Launcher to accelerate manufacturing, development and spacecraft technologies
To accelerate its mission to expand humanity across the solar system by developing long term human habitation in space, Vast has acquired space startup Launcher. Vast is building an artificial […]
Flying to the Moon is the South Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter thanks to a SpaceX Falcon 9
On Thursday, August 4th at 7:08 p.m. ET, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched KPLO to a ballistic lunar transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space […]