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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
NASA has awarded $43.5 million in contracts to 304 proposals selected for the initial phase of the Small Business Innovation Research program and 44 proposals for the first phase of the Small Business Technology Transfer initiative. The SBIR and STTR Phase 1 contracts will run for six and 13 months respectively with up to $125,000 […] More
Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security business, told CNBC in a video interview aired Friday, that the company considers space exploration and satellite business as “key†growth opportunities. “I think there’s an excitement about space that we haven’t seen in the last few decades that’s really keeping the conversation going in a positive direction, and […] More
Lockheed Martin has introduced a space-focused curriculum and a new application that seeks to simulate the surface of Mars as part of the Generation Beyond program. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed’s space systems segment, said Tuesday the Generation Beyond program seeks to stimulate students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math by linking […] More
NASA‘s space technology mission directorate seeks early-stage technology proposals from academic institutions that can support the agency’s human exploration and solar system research goals in the long term. The space agency said Wednesday the Early Stage Innovations program will fund research projects in specific areas of interest to the country’s space program including advanced coating technology, cross-cutting […] More
NASA is looking for industry partners that can help the agency develop concepts for the development of an in-space laboratory to fabricate multiple materials for exploration missions. The agency said Thursday the FabLab solicitation, issued as part of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration broad agency announcement, will consist of three phases with the goal to build a multimaterial fabrication […] More
NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center held a robotic programming competition that sought to encourage students from U.S. universities and colleges to develop software codes for space exploration robots. The space agency said Wednesday that 20 teams representing 22 minority-serving universities and community colleges participated in the second annual Swarmathon competition held from April 18 to 20 at KSC, while 15 college […] More
NASA has asked industry to propose new ideas to address gaps in different technology areas that may impact future space exploration missions. The agency said Friday businesses, universities, nonprofit organizations, inventors and U.S. government organizations outside of NASA can submit five-page white papers for the second cycle of the NASA iTech initiative. The program’s next round will cover the areas of autonomy; […] More
Orbital ATK will host students of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at the company’s Dulles, Virginia-based headquarters in support of Higher Orbits’ Go For Launch! program, Loudon Now reported Thursday. Higher Orbits, a non-profit organization, will hold its three-day program next month at Orbital ATK’s Dulles headquarters for high school students to participate in […] More
The University of Nevada in Las Vegas has signed partnership agreement with Lockheed Martin to support space exploration projects such as NASA’s Orion program. Lockheed will allocate up to $5 million in space exploration-related task orders for UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering under the five-year agreement, the university said Tuesday. “This effort will allow both Lockheed Martin and UNLV to provide meaningful […] More
NASA has released a broad agency announcement on an umbrella for partnerships to support the Asteroid Redirect Mission and work to boost technologies, capacities and spaceflight experience for continued human exploration. A presolicitation notice posted Thursday says the space agency wants subsequent awards from the BAA to foster partnerships between U.S. and international partners for commercial, scientific, exploration technology and planetary defense ARM […] More
NASA has called on government agencies, aerospace companies, universities and the general public to suggest new technology that could support the agency’s program to explore Mars and other components of the solar system. The iTech initiative seeks white papers that address challenges in space technology areas such as radiation protection, life support systems, astronaut crew health, in-space propulsion […] More
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