The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it has ordered 12 additional missions to the International Space Station from two commercial launch service providers. Northrop Grumman and SpaceX were each awarded six missions under Commercial Resupply Services-2 contracts, NASA said Friday. In a statement, the space agency said that the additional orders will provide […]
Spire Global, a space-to-cloud data and analytics company, is using its constellation of geolocation satellites to collect data that helps the U.S. Space Force detect GPS jamming. The data-gathering initiative is part of a project run by the Space Systems Command to find out how to automate manual data analysis techniques and produce timely intelligence […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration through its Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that it has recently approved the final plans for all the components of the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer observatory. The upcoming SPHEREx mission will be able to scan the entire sky every six months and create a […]
EO Vista, a designer of sensor systems, announced that it has completed an instrument study for NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat Next program. NASA’s next-generation Earth observation imaging satellites are expected to include twice as many spectral bands as the current Landsat 9, allowing them to measure up to 25 spectral bands and […]
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory announced that it has developed new technology for tracking various objects in orbit and has delivered it to the Space Force for testing. Called Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept, the technology is touted to be capable of monitoring anything from active satellites to space debris floating in excess of […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that, together with the European Space Agency, it has selected the first two astronauts to launch on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The mission is expected to launch no earlier than 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the […]
Houston-based KBR announced that it has been awarded a $640 million Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 contract to support more than 10 exploration missions for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for the provision of systems engineering, facility engineering, launch and early orbit support, flight operations, and flight dynamics support services, […]
Pasadena-headquartered Motiv Space Systems announced that it has been awarded a $5 million contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to begin the development of the Distributed Extreme Environments Drive System under the Small Business Innovation Research Sequential Phase II Program. The contract will be instrumental in “powering the future of space exploration and innovation,” with […]
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich sea level satellite has taken over from its predecessor, the Jason-3 orbiter. Other satellites that measure sea surface height will now compare their data with that generated by Sentinel-6 to ensure that their readings are accurate. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will continue the sea surface height measurement mission that the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that the giant rocket known as the Space Launch System, with the Orion spacecraft attached, has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center‘s Launch Pad 39B for final tests prior to its actual launch. It took 10 hours and 28 minutes for the crawler-transporter to wheel the 322-foot tall, […]
