Author: David Bullock

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — When it comes to NASA, most people look to the skies as rockets, rovers, and astronauts push the boundaries of space exploration. But the benefits of going above and beyond can be found here on Earth through products and services born from NASA innovation. The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication features…

Capella Federal, led by former senior members of the U.S. military and intelligence community, offers increased Earth observation access to select U.S. defense customers  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31, 2023 — Capella Space, an American space tech company with data and satellite solutions for government and commercial applications, today announced the formation of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capella Federal….

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) January 30, 2023 — Vice President Kamala Harris will award former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 4:15 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Hurley and Behnken will receive the award for bravery in NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to the International Space…

Agreement underlines the growing global demand for private and flexible orbital launches Munich, Germany / Bellevue, Wash. US 25 January 2023 – European launch service company Isar Aerospace, and U.S.-based Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, announced they have signed a multi-launch services agreement. Under the agreement, Spaceflight secured one dedicated launch in 2026 to…

The Wallops Island, Virginia launch boosts revisit rates for global high-demand regions Herndon, Virginia (January 24, 2022) — HawkEye 360 Inc., the world’s leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced today that its Cluster 6 next-generation satellites have successfully deployed to orbit aboard the inaugural Rocket Lab Electron flight from Launch…

Last May, we closed a $13M seed round to jumpstart our vision to become the first commercial company to mine an asteroid and bring the materials back to Earth. Less than a year later, the AstroForge initial demonstration flight is readying for launch! In 2023, we’re embarking on two important missions: a refinery demonstration that…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missions to Mars. NASA and DARPA will partner on the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations, or DRACO, program. The non-reimbursable agreement designed to benefit…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA announced Thursday its new Mars Sample Receiving Project office, responsible for receiving and curating the first samples returned from the Red Planet, will be located at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The safe and rapid release of Mars samples after they return to Earth to laboratories worldwide…

By David Bullock “For us as a technological civilization, the two most important things are us [humankind], and our data. If we lose our data, we lose our species,” said Chris Stott, founder and CEO of Lonestar Data Holdings. The company’s goal is to have data storage on the Moon, with its mission statement, “Saving…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — Students from the Boys & Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County in Ronan, Montana, will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The space-to-Earth call will air live at 12 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 25, on NASA Television,…