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NASA Funds Phase 2 Lunar Tech Projects of 5 Small Businesses

NASA has awarded a total of $20 million to five small businesses for the continued development of technologies meant to address environmental and risk-based challenges and deliver lunar capabilities in support of Artemis exploration missions. The phase two projects will tackle thermal resilience, thermal control, radiation-tolerant computing avionics, drive actuation and small satellite propulsion under […] More

by Nichols Martin September 13, 2021, 11:46 am
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Rocket Lab to Liftoff NASA Cislunar Navigation Test Satellite; Peter Beck Quoted

Rocket Lab is preparing to launch a 55-pound satellite developed by Advanced Space to help NASA test technologies with the potential to facilitate safe navigation for lunar exploration. The launch service provider said Friday its Electron rocket and Photon spacecraft will fly the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment or CAPSTONE from […] More

by Nichols Martin August 9, 2021, 11:21 am
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NASA Issues RFI for Artemis Moon Landing Services
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NASA Employs Commercial Edge Computing to Speed up Space Data Processing

NASA is getting help from industry to more quickly process data from the International Space Station via edge computing and plans to use the technology for Mars exploration in the future, Fedscoop reported Friday. The agency sees edge computing’s potential to accelerate the analysis of space-based data in missions under the Artemis program, which aims […] More

by Nichols Martin July 19, 2021, 11:49 am
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Lockheed Opens New Orion Spacecraft Manufacturing Facility in Florida; Lisa Callahan Quoted

Lockheed Martin has opened a new Florida-based facility modernized using an approximately $20 million investment and designed to speed up the production of lunar spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis missions. The Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource Center is a 55,000 sq. ft space that features advanced manufacturing capabilities and digital technologies for developing components of the […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 16, 2021, 11:58 am
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NASA Seeks Companies to Reduce Risk of Artemis Lunar Lander System

NASA has allocated $45 million to fund upcoming contracts that will provide for activities to help reduce the risks of its future human lander system, which astronauts will ride in regular trips to the Moon’s surface as part of the Artemis program. The space agency said Thursday it seeks commercial partners and will award risk […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 2, 2021, 11:55 am
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Firefly Aerospace Picks SpaceX’s Falcon 9 for Lunar Lander Deployment Under NASA Program

SpaceX has been selected to launch a Firefly Aerospace-built lunar lander in 2023 using the Falcon 9 rocket for NASA’s mission to land science and technology payloads on the moon’s surface. Firefly said Thursday it will use the Blue Ghost spacecraft to deploy 10 technologies for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, as part of […] More

by Angeline Leishman May 21, 2021, 12:05 am
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Maxar, Busek Complete Solar Propulsion Fire Tests for Lunar Gateway; Robert Curbeam Quoted

Maxar Technologies and Natick, Massachusetts-based space propulsion technology maker Busek have concluded hot fire tests for a solar electric propulsion component for NASA's planned lunar Gateway. Busek said Wednesday the fire test validates all parts of the Power and Propulsion Element's SEP subsystem that will help handle the Gateway's maneuvering, communications and attitude control functions in lunar orbit to support missions like the Artemis program.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers March 19, 2021, 3:17 am
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Johns Hopkins APL to Continue Oversight of Lunar Survivability Research Consortium
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Maxar’s ‘SPIDER’ On-Orbit Servicing Robot Concludes Design Review for NASA; Robert Curbeam Quoted

Maxar Technologies' on-orbit satellite servicing robotic technology has concluded critical design review activities and is slated for delivery to NASA within the first six months of 2022.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers March 11, 2021, 5:37 am
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Lockheed, NEC to Advance AI Use Through Joint Collaboration; Rick Ambrose Quoted

Lockheed Martin and NEC have agreed to expand their partnership to further advance the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in spacecraft development programs, including NASA's Orion vehicle for the Artemis mission. "The power of AI is leveraged across our entire enterprise, and with a trusted partner like NEC, we gain the resources to expand its abilities at scale across our internal operations," said Rick Ambrose, executive vice president at Lockheed's space business and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner.

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by Jane Edwards March 2, 2021, 3:57 am
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Maxar, NASA Review Lunar Gateway Power & Propulsion Element Requirements

NASA and Maxar Technologies have reviewed programmatic and technical requirements for the power and propulsion element of the agency's planned Gateway base on the moon.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers January 21, 2021, 6:33 am