The U.S. Space Force has awarded Knight Sky the Satellite Communications Enterprise Management and Control 2.0 contract to support a software development effort within the Space Systems Command. The EM&C 2.0 project is the third phase of a prototype development effort that began with the U.S. Air Force’s Pilot 2 Program. The Air Force effort […]
NASA announced Friday that it has begun employing new augmented reality applications to assist astronauts in repairing the International Space Station. The new technology is part of the agency’s T2 Augmented Reality project, which demonstrates how station crew members can maintain various equipment critical to crew health and the achievement of research goals without assistance […]
NASA’s Johnson Space Center is conducting market research to gauge industry’s ability to fulfill its lunar terrain vehicle requirements. According to a request for information posted on SAM .gov, the space agency needs an LTV that can last for at least 10 years in support of multiple Artemis missions. The vehicle is expected to enable […]
Spire Global, a space data analytics company, has announced a contract to deliver commercial radio occultation weather data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Spire said the data will be used to support NOAA’s numerical weather prediction models, which are used to forecast the weather based on current weather conditions. Peter Platzer, CEO of […]
The Space Development Agency on Monday formally sought proposals from satellite manufacturers interested in building as many as 144 communications satellites to form the agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1 constellation. In its request for proposals, the SDA said it plans to purchase 126 baseline satellites and 18 additional ones for hosting other payloads. The SDA […]
NASA announced that the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers had passed a crucial “Key Decision Point C” agency review allowing it to move into the final design and construction of its instruments. EscaPADE, which is part of NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration program, will go into orbit around Mars and study […]
NASA revealed that its engineering teams have completed the final tests on the James Webb Space Telescope, which is now being readied for its trip to the launch site. Engineers carried out the battery of tests at Northrop Grumman’s facilities to ensure that the space science observatory will operate as designed once positioned in orbit. […]
A ranking naval officer involved in space operations revealed that the U.S. Navy is poised to give its existing warships new space capabilities but stopped short of going into the technical details of the planned upgrades. Rear Adm. Michael Bernacchi, the director for strategy, plans and policy at U.S. Space Command, said that the improvements […]
MetroWeather, a wind condition technology provider, will help weather analytics company TruWeather Solutions build an urban weather observation infrastructure for NASA, which the agency is expected to use in support of the wide-scale deployment of commercial urban air mobility. Design work on the Urban Wind Experiment is being done under a Phase I Small Business […]
Both the membership and charter of the National Space Council’s advisory body are due for a shake-up to better reflect the needs and views of the growing commercial space sector. Chirag Parikh, the council’s executive director, said on Wednesday that the Biden administration wants to make the Users’ Advisory Group more attuned with the changing […]
