SpaceX completed a static fire test of a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket booster Saturday at Cape Canaveral in Florida in preparation for the launch on Friday, June 29, of the Dragon spacec... Read more
Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary plans to leverage its work with NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to build up its in-orbit satellite servicing business, SpaceNews rep... Read more
NASA is expected to proceed Tuesday with its live television coverage of a spacewalk on the International Space Station after Congress passed a three-week stopgap bill to end a government sh... Read more
NASA plans to launch an instrument designed to measure Earth’s ozone as part of SpaceX‘s 10th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The agency said Saturday... Read more
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Aurora Flight Sciences have developed robotic systems that are designed to operate aircraft autonomously as part of the Defense Advanced Resea... Read more
Space Systems Loral has been awarded a $20.7 million contract to build a robotic arm for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s servicing program for geosynchronous satellites. The... Read more
A division of Applied Research Associates has awarded RE2 Robotics a potential three-year, $3.3 million subcontract to develop a mobile robotic arm for the U.S. Air Force in support of the R... Read more
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with the Naval Research Laboratory to build and evaluate payload technology for DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous... Read more
Harris Corp. has installed the ninth flight mirror onto NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope structure at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The installation marks the progress... Read more
Siemens‘ healthcare unit has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for the company’s twin robotic X-ray system. The Multitom Robotic Advanced X-ray platform is... Read more
A-T Solutions is partnering with robotics manufacturer, HDT Global to produce dexterous robotic arms for military and law enforcement use. The Washington-based company said the lightw... Read more
Maxar Integrates Fuel Tank Into NASA’s On-Orbit Servicing Spacecraft
Maxar Technologies has completed installing the fuel tank into the On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing-1 spacecraft. The company is developing for NASA the OSAM-1 spacecraft, whic... Read more