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 […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced the official opening of the second phase of its Watts on the Moon Challange. The competition calls on innovators to design, build and demonstrate a prototype that addresses technology gaps in power transmission and energy storage for use by astronauts during lunar expeditions, NASA said Wednesday. In a […]
NASA is launching the Nanosat Atmospheric Chemistry Hyperspectral Observation System, a prototype instrument that could support volcanic activity and air quality monitoring. NACHOS will use a hyperspectral imager to locate sources of trace gases in areas as small as 1.61 square feet. If successful, it will be the smallest, highest resolution, space-based instrument that is […]
Redwire Corporation announced that it has successfully delivered the first set of wired cameras for Artemis III as part of its production contract with Lockheed Martin for the Orion camera system. The system comprises an array of internal and external inspection and navigation cameras developed for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Orion spacecraft, Redwire […]
Colorado-headquartered Advance Space is in the final stages of preparations for a CubeSat mission to test a lunar orbit critical to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Artemis program, the company’s chief executive officer revealed. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment spacecraft, which will test operations in the near-rectilinear halo orbit […]
Space Force officials expect the service’s main acquisition branch to achieve “maximum operational capability” in 2026. Joy White, the executive director of the Space Systems Command, said the organization will come out with new resilient space systems within the given timeline. White said that SSC’s bid to rapidly build out resilient constellations is in line […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it has awarded a sole-source contract to the National Academy of Sciences to conduct studies and evaluations in support of the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate at its headquarters. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-no-fee award has a maximum ordering value of approximately $19.9 million and a five-year performance period, […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced the award of $15 million to American small businesses and research institutions for the continued development of new technologies in a wide range of areas that could prove beneficial to space exploration. Through the Small Business Technology Transfer program, it is able to provide early-stage funding and other […]
