NASA’s Johnson Space Center is seeking information on industry’s ability to build a spacecraft that can deorbit the International Space Station at the end of its life. ISS operations are scheduled to conclude by 2030. NASA and its international partners plan to safely knock the spacecraft out of low-Earth orbit into a controlled descent in […]
NASA has selected 13 regions near the moon’s south pole that could serve as landing spots for future manned missions. The first of such flights, Artemis III, will be the first crewed mission to the moon since 1972 and will bring the first woman to the lunar surface, NASA said. Mark Kirasich, deputy associate administrator […]
NASA is accepting proposals from students interested in participating in the 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Student teams seeking to join the program are asked to review the 2023 HERC handbook to learn about proposal guidelines, new challenges and a new obstacle course. Participants are also invited to pre-register for and attend a Proposals Expectations […]
NASA has selected six small businesses to continue working on technologies that will be used for various applications. Makel Engineering, Xiomas Technologies, Protoinnovations, Astrobic Technology, Mentium Technologies and Flight Works were awarded Phase 1 and Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contracts and will receive sequential Phase 2 SBIR contracts to continue advancing their solutions. […]
Inmarsat Government has landed a potential $578 million contract to provide global end-to-end satellite communications services to the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity MSC Next Generation Wideband follow-on contract was awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency and has a 10-year period of performance. Work includes maintenance of communications infrastructure such as satellite […]
Four space exploration mission proposals under NASA’s Explorers Program have been shortlisted and will be put under detailed evaluation. The proposals aim to conduct research on stars and distant and nearby galaxies. NASA will perform the assessment and then choose one explorer mission of opportunity and one astrophysics medium explorer mission by 2024. The selected […]
Microchip Technology Inc. has secured a three-year, $50 million firm-fixed-price NASA contract to develop a high-performance spaceflight computing processor. Microchip Technology will architect, design and deliver the HPSC processor, which will be used on future space missions, including planetary exploration and moon-to-Mars missions. The component is expected to be at least 100 times more powerful […]
NASA has selected seven teams to continue working on their lunar power supply and storage technologies under phase 2, level 2 of the Watts on the Moon Challenge. The teams won the phase 2, level 1 round in which they submitted detailed engineering designs and analyses, among other technical documentation. A panel of judges evaluated […]
Orion Space Solutions has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop three satellites for the Tetra-5 project. The purpose of Tetra-5 is to help the Space Force determine how to use commercial technologies to service geostationary satellites while in orbit. The award has a value of $44.5 million. It also has a […]
The Federal Communications Commission will start a new inquiry to help it revise space rules, focusing on in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel highlighted the importance of amending the existing regulatory frameworks, saying that the current rules “were largely built for another era.” The official noted the potential benefits of the changes, […]
