Month: February 2023

Mission 1 Lunar Lander Enters Second Phase of Transit, Becomes Farthest Commercial Operating Spacecraft to Travel into Deep Space TOKYO—February 28, 2023—ispace, inc., (“ispace”) a global lunar exploration company, released an interim success report and announced that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander has entered the second phase of its mission, having traveled to its farthest…

Leveraging Mission 1 Interim Success, Full-Scale Development for Mission 2 and Mission 3 Under Way TOKYO—February 28, 2023—ispace, inc., (“ispace”) a global lunar exploration company, released significant updates on the progress of its Mission 2, planned for 2024, and Mission 3, planned for 2025. Valuable feedback such as data and operational experience obtained to this…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Dr. Nicola Fox will serve as the associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective immediately. “As the director of our Heliophysics Division, Nicky was instrumental in expanding the impacts and awareness of NASA’s solar exploration missions and…

By David Bullock “We might be a business. We are a company. But most importantly, we are a community. And because we are a community, what we care about is what are the best ideas,” explained Jeromy Grimmett, Rogue Space Systems, CEO and founder. Rogue Space Systems started in 2020 with the intent to create…

Program empowers companies to build innovative solutions powered by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and artificial intelligence    SAN FRANCISCO, February, 22, 2023 – Capella Space, the world’s leading provider of best quality, high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery for a wide range of government and commercial applications, today announced the launch of its Analytics Partner…

NEW YORK, January 4, 2023.  London based TDGA, the owner of the biggest brand in Space Media today, Space Hero, announced a $20m Seed Round. As part of the round, Singapore based New Media Holding, owner of the World’s largest Creator network and Asia’s largest media network, has invested $5m as a strategic investment. Furthermore, NMH has…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA and its international partners have approved the crew for Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2). Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will command the privately funded mission. John Shoffner of Knoxville, Tennessee, will serve as pilot….

Portland, Maine (bluShift Aerospace) — If you haven’t already seen it, check out the video below that Lindsay created after our test day with students and MaxIQ Space. We had about 15 students and educators here with us setting up their payloads and viewing the cold flow test. It was really great to see these…

WASHINTON (NASA HQ PR & Blue Origin PR) — NASA has awarded Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington a task order to provide launch service for the agency’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission as part of the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. ESCAPADE will launch on Blue Origin’s New…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA is now seeking procurement ideas and solutions to encourage innovation from diverse perspectives, improve reach, reduce barriers, and ultimately meet and exceed agency goals. The NASA Acquisition Innovation Launchpad (NAIL), managed by the agency’s Office of Procurement, is now online, and submissions of inquiries and ideas will be accepted on…