Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 awardee, said ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket will be on the launch pad for its maiden flight by the end of 2021, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Read More »Astrobotic Opens New Pittsburgh HQ for Lunar Logistics; John Thornton Quoted
Astrobotic has unveiled a 47K-square-foot headquarters in Pittsburgh that will serve as a hub for development and operation of the company's robotic platforms designed to support lunar missions.
Read More »Dynetics Works on ‘ALPACA’ Spacecraft for NASA’s Human Landing Systems Program
Leidos’ Dynetics subsidiary has started developing a spacecraft called Autonomous Logistics Platform for All-Moon Cargo Access under a potential $253M contract with NASA to develop human landing systems for the agency’s lunar mission by 2024, CNBC reported Wednesday.
Read More »ULA Kicks Off Factory Upgrades to Prepare for Vulcan Centaur Rocket Production
United Launch Alliance has started updating manufacturing tools and robotic assembly lines at its factory in Decatur, Ala., as it prepares to transition to Vulcan Centaur rocket production, SpaceNews reported Monday.
Read More »ULA’s Tory Bruno: Space Industrial Base Stability Needed for Mars Exploration Missions
Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, has told a Senate subcommittee that planned exploration missions to Mars demand a “space industrial base of enormous breadth and depth.” Bruno said in a testimony published Wednesday that ULA has formed strategic partnerships with Aerojet Rocketdyne, L3 Technologies, Spincraft and other companies …
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