The Space Systems Command posted a request for information on Nov. 18 for a planned follow-on to the $94 million Launch Manifest Systems Integration contract awarded to Parsons in 2019, with a competition planned in 2024. SSC aims to improve its understanding of the market, the capabilities available to potential sources and interest in the […]
NASA has tapped MM Technologies to provide several research centers with financial support services. Work under a performance-based indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract focuses on financial management, accounting, quality assurance, travel and conference administration, business information services, and special financial analysis. The contract has a 90-day phase-in period beginning on Dec. 1 followed by a two-year base period. […]
U.S. Air Force and Space Force leaders will launch AFWERX 3.0 on Dec. 14 with a live broadcast that will inform stakeholders about the program’s objectives. The virtual event will include an “ask me anything” session and a fireside chat. AFWERX 3.0 will provide increased funding opportunities and ensure innovative ideas will have the government’s […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory kicked off construction of the $4.5 million Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems in a Nov. 16 groundbreaking ceremony. Situated next to the Space Vehicles Directorate Deployable Structures Laboratory, the FORTRESS facility is intended to be a venue for developing resilient electronic components for […]
Blue Origin has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space directorate, allowing the company to submit a launch service proposal for the third phase of the National Security Space Launch competition. Under the CRADA, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, which is still under development, will resume […]
NASA has announced additional opportunities for its Japanese counterpart under the Artemis mission. Under the Gateway Implementing Arrangement, NASA will give the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency an opportunity to send one of its astronauts as a Gateway crew member. The announcement marks the first commitment by the U.S. to send a Japanese astronaut aboard the […]
An uncrewed Orion exploration spacecraft is now heading to the moon after its launch atop NASA’s Space Launch System from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. The flight is part of the first Artemis mission, which aims to gather data and ensure that the systems are secure and reliable to safely bring astronauts to […]
The White House has released the National Cislunar Science and Technology Strategy, a new government-wide plan to develop scientific and economic activities in the area between Earth’s geosynchronous orbit and the moon. The document lays out four goals for research conducted in cislunar space, namely facilitating long-term growth, expanding international cooperation, extending situational awareness and […]
SpaceX has secured a $1.2 billion contract modification from NASA to conduct a second crewed landing demonstration in 2027 using the Starship human landing system. The space agency exercised an option that tasks SpaceX with meeting Artemis IV mission requirements such as a Gateway docking capability, room for four additional crew members and the capacity […]
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment cube satellite entered its final orbit on Monday. According to NASA, CAPSTONE completed a 16-minute maneuver to position itself into a near-rectilinear halo orbit around the moon. Jim Free, associate administrator for exploration systems development at NASA, said the CubeSat’s six-month mission will allow the […]
