MDA Space (TSX:MDA) has received a $250 million contract extension from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to continue supporting robotics operations on the International Space Station (ISS) from 2025 to […]
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SpaceX’s Crew-7 capsule splashes down returning NASA’s 4 astronauts to Earth
After 199 days in space, Dragon and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov returned to Earth and splashed down […]
SpaceX’s Dragon successfully departs the ISS to return NASA’s Crew-7 astronauts back to Earth
Monday, March 11 at 11:20 a.m. ET SpaceX and NASA witnessed the Dragon autonomously undocked from the International Space Station. After performing a series of departure burns to move away […]
Sierra Space + Redwire partner for in-space biotech facilities
Sierra Space has engaged in a strategic partnership with Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW). Specifically, the two companies are collaborating on groundbreaking commercial pharmaceutical and biotech R&D and manufacturing in LEO. […]
Thales Alenia Space and consortium is enlisted by Italian Space Agency for €235 for In-Orbit Servicing demonstration mission
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has won a €235 million contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to design, develop and qualify a […]
GITAI USA begins full operations in U.S. and first purchase order from major local space company
GITAI USA has launched its full operations in the U.S., as well as securing its first purchase order from a major local space company. The company has also published an […]
Eight companies join Catalyst Accelerator’s Int’l SDA cohort
Eight small businesses will come together from across the globe for the Catalyst Accelerator’s cohort focused on International Space Domain Awareness (SDA). The Catalyst Accelerator, powered by the Air Force […]
DARPA’s robotic servicing of GEO sats demo mission aims for a 2024 launch + Naval Research Lab + SpaceLogistics project involvement
All component-level tests are complete on DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program and the on-orbit demonstration mission is on schedule for launch in 2024 — the RSGS goal […]
SENER Aeroespacial’s part in the EROSS IOD on-orbit servicing project is a real ‘game changer’
SENER Aeroespacial, a SENER Group company, is part of the consortium chosen by the European Commission for the EROSS IOD program dedicated to On-Orbit Servicing. EROSS IOD (European Robotic Orbital Support Services […]
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 […]