A Blue Origin-led team has completed an assessment of system requirements for an integrated landing platform intended to support NASA's Artemis mission to the moon.
Read More »Firefly Aerospace Adds James Cartwright, Terry Boardman to Advisory Board
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright and Terry Broadman, a 35-year Alliant Techsystems veteran, have joined the advisory board of Firefly Aerospace.
Read More »Lockheed VP Robert Lightfoot to Chair Advisory Board of Alabama Space Grant Consortium
Robert Lightfoot, vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin's space segment, has been appointed chairman of the Alabama Space Grant Consortium's Industrial Advisory Board, according to the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Lightfoot joined Lockheed in early May and oversees strategic planning efforts across space technology programs.
Read More »Lockheed Martin Space Taps Former NASA Acting Chief as VP for Strategy & BD; Rick Ambrose Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2019 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) hired former NASA acting administrator Robert Lightfoot to serve as vice president of strategy and business development for the space sector beginning Monday, GovCon Wire reported April 30. Lightfoot, a past Wash100 awardee, joins four other recent business development …
Read More »NASA Moves Webb Telescope Launch to May 2020
NASA has pushed back from 2019 to May 2020 the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope to give the program’s engineers more time to test and integrate the telescope and spacecraft components. “All the observatory’s flight hardware is now complete, however, the issues brought to light with the spacecraft element …
Read More »DHS, NASA, SBA Chiefs to Deliver Keynote at Senior Executives Association’s Leadership Summit
Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security, NASA and the Small Business Administration will serve as keynote speakers at the Senior Executives Association’s 2017 Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit on Dec. 7. DHS Acting Secretary Elaine Duke, NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot Jr. and SBA Administrator Linda McMahon will headline the inaugural event, which aims …
Read More »NASA Reviews Launch Schedule for 1st Integrated Orion-SLS Flight Test
NASA has concluded a comprehensive review of the potential launch schedule for an integrated flight test of Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. The space agency said Thursday it assessed the impact of manufacturing and supply challenges on Orion’s first European service module as well as tornado damage that affected the …
Read More »NASA Reviews Orion Deep-Space Exploration Program
NASA has wrapped up a technical and programmatic assessment of the Orion spacecraft, which the agency is building with Lockheed Martin in a bid to send astronauts to an asteroid or Mars. The agency pledged $6.77 billion to fund Orion development efforts from October 2015 through the spacecraft’s initial crewed …
Read More »NASA Asks Industry for Unmanned Asteroid Retrieval Spacecraft Ideas
NASA is seeking ideas from the private sector on how to build a robotic spacecraft technology for future unmanned asteroid and satellite servicing missions. The agency said Tuesday it aims to launch spacecraft in 2020 to snag a large boulder from a near-Earth asteroid’s surface and place the rock in lunar …
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