The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday announced that it has modified its existing Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract with SpaceX to include three additional missions to the International Space Station from the original six. The contract modification, which raises to nine the total number of missions to the ISS, came with a $776 […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that the robotic On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing 1, a system designed to provide maintenance to satellites already in orbit, has passed its critical design review phase. Passing this phase paves the way for the construction of OSAM-1’s spacecraft, payloads and ground system, NASA said Friday. In a […]
Lockheed Martin announced the selection of Raytheon Technologies to provide a second mission payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 missile warning satellite system. The effort supports a contract with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to build three survivable NGG satellites with enhanced missile warning and resiliency […]
Boeing’s satellite business announced that the construction of an upgraded version of its Wideband Global SATCOM satellite system has already begun. A decision was made to integrate the latest commercial technology in an almost 20-year old system instead of starting with a new design in order to meet a tight five-year deadline, Boeing said Tuesday. […]
NASA has appointed Howard Hu as program manager of the agency’s Orion program. He will succeed Catherine Koerner, who has been appointed as deputy associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. Hu will oversee the design, development, production and operations of Orion, which is slated to make its first uncrewed […]
United Launch Alliance announced that one of its Atlas V rockets is in final preparations to launch the GOES-T mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The launch is on track for March 1 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, ULA said Saturday. In […]
NASA expects to roll out the Space Launch Systems rocket ahead of its wet dress rehearsal sometime in May or in the summer. According to agency officials, workers have completed testing on the rocket at the Kennedy Space Center‘s Vehicle Assembly Building and are now wrapping up work to send the vehicle to Launch Complex […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it has issued a new round of awards to fund early-stage studies into technologies that could support future aeronautics and space missions. Through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, a total of $5.1 million was awarded to 17 researchers conducting studies into technologies that could revolutionize space […]
Northrop Grumman has secured a $341 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop a radar that could track active satellites and debris in high orbits. The contract was awarded by the Space Systems Command‘s Space Enterprise Consortium and is part of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability project. Northrop’s radar will be located […]
Colorado-headquartered Ball Aerospace has announced that it supported the completion of the critical design review for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer mission. The mission represents NASA’s first attempt to conduct the first all-sky near-infrared spectral survey, Ball Aerospace said Wednesday. With […]
