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Northrop Wraps up HALO Preliminary Design Review; Steve Krein Quoted

Northrop Grumman has completed the initial preliminary design review (PDR) for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the company reported on Wednesday. The module will support NASA“™s Lunar Gateway by working as a crew habitat and docking hub for vehicles. “Maturing HALO through its preliminary design marks a major milestone in the module“™s production,“ said Steve Krein, vice president of civil and commercial satellites at Northrop Grumman.

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by Sarah Sybert November 18, 2020, 10:28 am
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Leidos Subsidiary to Develop Human Landing System for NASA’s Moon Mission; Roger Krone Quoted

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 19, 2020 “” Leidos' (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics subsidiary is among the three contractors NASA selected to design and build platforms for a mission to land astronauts on the moon, GovCon Wire reported May 1.

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by Thea Loise Woodward May 19, 2020, 8:16 am
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NanoRacks, SpaceX Form Rideshare Partnership; Gwynne Shotwell Quoted

NanoRacks is slated to field eight small satellites and a demonstration tool aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket as part of a planned rideshare mission in 2020.

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by Matthew Nelson November 21, 2019, 5:19 am
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NASA Seeks Public-Private Partnership To Build ISS Commercial Destination

NASA is seeking contractors to develop, integrate and operate a commercial segment on the International Space Station as part of the agency's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships 2 program.

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by Darwin McDaniel June 24, 2019, 1:53 am
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NASA Updates Call on Industry for Future Lunar Lander Project

NASA has issued an updated pre-solicitation notice for its lunar lander program that seeks new spacecraft designed to bring humans back to the moon“™s surface by 2024.

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by Darwin McDaniel April 29, 2019, 5:56 am
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NASA Eyes US Firms to Help Build Reusable Tech for Manned Moon Missions

NASA is interested in partnering with U.S.-based companies to design and build reusable systems that would land astronauts on the moon by 2028.

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by Darwin McDaniel February 10, 2019, 11:59 pm
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NASA Seeks Industry Partners to Build Human Lunar Landers

NASA aims to partner with U.S.-based companies to design and develop new reusable landing platforms designed to bring astronauts back to the lunar surface. The agency said Friday it plans to begin testing of new landers on the moon in 2024 through multiphase partnerships in support of its goal to launch a crewed mission in 2028. […] More

by Darwin McDaniel December 14, 2018, 2:57 am
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Aerojet Rocketdyne, Sierra Nevada Complete Solar Electric Propulsion Concept Study; Eileen Drake Quoted

Aerojet Rocketdyne and Sierra Nevada Corp. have concluded a four-month study that focused on modifying advanced solar electric propulsion vehicle concepts for future human exploration missions and deep space habitation. Sacramento, Calif.-based Aerojet said Wednesday it supplemented Sierra Nevada“™s Lunar Gateway concept with an SEP module for the Power and Propulsion Element study under NASA“™s Next […] More

by Monica Jackson August 30, 2018, 7:45 am
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NASA Picks 10 Firms to Develop Space-Based Resource Collection, Processing Tech

NASA has chosen 10 companies to build platforms designed to gather, process and utilize space-based resources for lunar and Mars missions. The agency said Friday the companies will receive contracts worth approximately $10 million combined to perform work across three tracks as part of Appendix D of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 program. […] More

by Jane Edwards June 1, 2018, 6:50 am
in Industry News, News

6 Companies to Build Deep Space Habitat Prototypes Under NASA Program

Six companies aim to build ground prototypes of deep space habitat concepts through NASA‘s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 program. NASA said Friday prototypes from Bigelow Aerospace, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK, Sierra Nevada Corp. and NanoRacks will help the agency assess configurations of proposed habitats and support tests that will validate standards and common interfaces currently under consideration. All […] More

by Ramona Adams July 31, 2017, 10:36 am
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NanoRacks-SSL-ULA Team to Study Feasibility of Rocket Tech Repurposing Under NASA Contract; Richard White Comments

A team composed of NanoRacks, Space Systems Loral and United Launch Alliance has signed an agreement with NASA to examine the feasibility of converting a rocket upper stage into a commercial space habitat. The Ixion Initiative Team will conduct the rocket technology repurposing study under the second phase of NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships initiative, SSL said Wednesday. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman June 23, 2017, 5:10 am
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NanoRacks-ULA-Space Systems Loral Team to Study Rocket Conversion Into Space Habitats

A team comprised of NanoRacks, Space Systems Loral and United Launch Alliance will study the feasibility of converting rocket upper stages into habitats for low-Earth orbit and deep-space missions under a contract awarded by NASA. The Ixion Initiative Team aims to help NASA address risks associated with modules that are built on the ground and launched into orbit through the agency’s Next Space […] More

by Ramona Adams August 15, 2016, 9:53 am

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