TOKYO — ispace, inc., (ispace) a global lunar exploration company, issued an update on the status of the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander. The HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander was scheduled to touchdown on the surface of the Moon at approximately 1:40 a.m. JST. As of 8:00 a.m. JST, April 26, 2023, the communication between…
Month: April 2023
NASA Welcomes the Return of its Human Exploration Rover Challenge
WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — For the first time since 2019, NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) returns to in-person competition Friday, April 21, and Saturday, April 22, at the Aviation Challenge camp of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Media, the public, and families are invited to attend this free event from 7:30…
Relativity Space Shares Updated Go-to-Market Approach for Terran R, Taking Aim at Medium-to-Heavy Payload Category with Next-Generation Rocket
Company Shares Updated Details of Terran R Vehicle Architecture LONG BEACH, Calif. — Relativity Space, the first company to 3D print rockets and build the largest metal 3D printers in the world, today revealed plans for Terran R, its reusable, 3D printed, medium-to-heavy lift orbital launch vehicle. Building on over seven years of Relativity Space’s…
Raytheon Technologies subsidiary, Blue Canyon Technologies, Wins Award from Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Provide Microsatellites for INCUS Mission
New microsats will help provide insight into thunderstorms’ impacts on weather and climate models LAFAYETTE, Colo. — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary, will design and manufacture three microsatellites to support NASA’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts, or INCUS, mission. The INCUS mission – led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory –…
Millennium Space Systems’ Tetra-1 is mission ready
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Since launching Tetra-1 November 1, 2022, Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing (NYSE: BA) company partnered with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command successfully deployed the vehicle from its host, initialized all components and subsystems and performed systems check out. Tetra-1 is healthy and ready for mission operations. “Tetra-1 has helped us learn…
NASA’s High-Resolution Air Quality Control Instrument Launches
WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — A NASA instrument to provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants – down to four square miles – lifted off on its way to geostationary orbit at 12:30 a.m. EDT Friday. The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument will improve life on Earth by revolutionizing the way scientists observe…
True Anomaly Emerges from Stealth to Revolutionize Space Security, Stability, and Sustainability
Bolstered by $30M in financing, Space Force veterans and industry experts unveil tech stack to propel space security forward and protect interests of U.S. and its allies in space COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — True Anomaly, Inc., the company revolutionizing space security, stability, and sustainability, announced today it has come out of stealth and raised $30M…
LeoLabs and ClearSpace Partner to Advance a Safer, More Sustainable Space Environment
Industry leaders sign a memorandum of understanding recognizing their shared vision for a safe and sustainable space ecosystem and their mutual efforts in making this vision a reality MENLO PARK, Calif. — LeoLabs, the world’s leading commercial provider of low Earth orbit (LEO) Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management services, announced today a memorandum…
NASA Names Astronauts to Next Moon Mission, First Crew Under Artemis
WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The agencies revealed the crew members Monday during an…