NASA has completed testing the viability of integrating an autonomous systems payload on an orbiting spacecraft. On Wednesday, the U.S. space agency announced that its Stennis Space Center and Sidus Space made a significant milestone in its Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications payload project. The two organizations disclosed successfully establishing a telemetry link to […]
NASA has awarded SpaceX a $69 million, firm-fixed-price contract to launch the Compton Spectrometer and Imager space telescope mission. The contract encompasses launch services and mission-related expenses, NASA said. Scientists will use COSI, a wide-field gamma-ray telescope, to investigate the formation and destruction of matter and antimatter, the final stages of stellar evolution and other […]
The National Science Foundation and OpticalX are developing a computational optics solution for tracking centimeter-sized debris in space. On Monday, OpticalX announced that it had received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract from NSF to work on computation optics that would be used in detecting and tracking small space debris in low Earth […]
Two new white papers published by NASA detail the agency’s Moon to Mars architecture, a comprehensive plan for lunar and Martian exploration. The papers delve into the logistical challenges of establishing a human presence on the moon, particularly the transportation and cargo requirements, NASA said. One white paper, “Lunar Mobility Drivers and Needs,” tackles the […]
Leidos will provide NASA missions with engineering, maintenance and operations support under a potential $476.5 million contract with a two-year base period and three option years. The fourth iteration of the Cargo Mission Contract covers the International Space Station program and the Artemis moon exploration program among other missions, NASA said Thursday. According to the […]
Leidos will provide NASA missions with engineering, maintenance and operations support under a potential $476.5 million contract with a two-year base period and three option years. The fourth iteration of the Cargo Mission Contract covers the International Space Station program and the Artemis moon exploration program among other missions, NASA said Thursday. According to the […]
Space exploration company Voyager Space is working to expand its capabilities under a new partnership with artificial intelligence solutions provider Palantir Technologies. An expansion of an existing memorandum of understanding, the new deal allows Voyager to integrate the Palantir Foundry and the Artificial Intelligence Platform solutions into its payload management system for use in the […]
The fourth and final spacecraft of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series was launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Tuesday. Dubbed GOES-U and set to be called GOES-19 after it reaches geostationary orbit, the satellite is equipped with a Compact Coronagraph instrument for the observation of sun […]
SpaceX has received a contract from NASA to develop and produce a spacecraft capable of deorbiting the International Space Station. On Wednesday, NASA announced that it had tapped SpaceX to work on the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle, which would ensure that ISS components will turn into additional space debris once it concludes its operation. NASA is […]
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command is seeking proposals for a new program called Resilient GPS, aimed at developing smaller, more affordable GPS satellites. Supported by the Space Enterprise Consortium, R-GPS will augment the command’s current 31-satellite GPS network by adding smaller satellites that can broadcast essential navigational signals for military and civilian use, […]
