Tag Archives: deep space

A team that consists of professionals from the University of Colorado Boulder and Lockheed Martin has been selected as one of three finalists for NASA’s Small Innovative Mission for Planetary Exploration program.

Lockheed Martin considers implementing the cloud-based approach in space missions through its two satellite cloud platforms – SpaceCloud and HiveStar, GeekWire reported Wednesday.

Lockheed Martin has completed the final version of a 13-foot-wide habitat prototype designed to support NASA’s deep space missions, Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday. The company developed the habitat at Kennedy Space Center in Florida based on the refurbished Donatello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and as part of NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships contract.
 

SpaceX has started preparations for the uncrewed test flight of its new Crew Dragon spacecraft scheduled for mid-January, Space.com reported Sunday. The company in the past week transferred the spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket to Launch Pad 39A at NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX hopes to launch Crew Dragon …

Lockheed Martin has teamed up with NanoRacks to seek concepts of commercial payloads that could fly on upcoming missions of NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Lockheed said Friday the market assessment marks the initial step toward its vision to deliver commercial opportunities to deep space. Mike Hawes, Orion program manager and vice …

NASA has issued the final solicitation for proposals to develop a power and propulsion element of the Gateway program. The agency’s proposed Gateway will serve as the orbital outpost for manned and robotic exploration missions to the moon, Mars and other deep space destinations, NASA said Thursday. “We believe partnering …

Lockheed Martin has provided an initial look of a 22-foot-long habitat prototype it has built for NASA in support of deep space missions, the Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday. The company unveiled at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida the habitat, which is designed to accommodate up to four astronauts for …

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 …

NASA plans to award the first contract for the Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway program in early 2019, Bloomberg reported Friday. The Gateway program is designed to serve as the space agency’s “staging” platform for studies of the deep space environment and the moon as well as a future station for …

NASA will consider the procurement of more than one power and propulsion module for a lunar outpost that will support future deep space missions, Space News reported Friday. Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said the agency might award more than one contact for the development and …

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson told CNBC in an interview posted Wednesday that she believes the company will continue to be a part of every mission to Mars. Hewson mentioned the InSight lander and the Orion deep space exploration spacecraft as two of Lockheed’s projects with NASA that seek to support the company’s involvement …

NASA plans to test the accuracy of its instrument that is designed to support deep space navigation aboard a General Atomics spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday its Deep Space Atomic Clock will be launched later this year as a hosted payload on General Atomic’s Orbital Test Bed spacecraft as part of …

NASA wants proposals from potential industry partners that can help develop technologies for resource production and processing in deep space destinations such as the Moon and Mars. The space agency said Tuesday it aims to achieve Technology Readiness Level 5 or 6 for platforms that can extract and process oxygen, water …

NASA has awarded five companies $2.4 million in combined funds to study power and propulsion technologies that can support the development of a solar electric propulsion platform for deep space missions. The studies will help NASA identify requirements and reduce risk for a 50 kilowatt-class SEP system that will support human missions into deep …

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems segment at Lockheed Martin, has said virtual reality, 3D printing and artificial intelligence are the top three trends he believes will advance and redefine satellite production. Ambrose wrote in an Aug. 3 article published on LinkedIn that future engineers will be able …