Author: David Bullock

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 –…

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…

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…

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…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA has established the new Moon to Mars Program Office at NASA Headquarters in Washington to carry out the agency’s human exploration activities at the Moon and Mars for the benefit of humanity. Amit Kshatriya will serve as the agency’s first head of the office, effective immediately. This new office resides within the Exploration…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA has selected ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC, of Beltsville, Maryland for the Repairs, Operations, Maintenance and Engineering (ROME) contract. This is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed price and cost-plus, fixed-fee task orders. The minimum ordering value is $2.5 million and the maximum ordering value is $320 million over the…

Space Systems Command prepares to launch National Reconnaissance Office mission aboard  United Launch Alliance’s next-to-last Delta IV Heavy rocket from the East Coast  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are preparing to launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket no…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA has announced the recipients of its annual Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grants, providing a total of more than $10.8 million across 15 institutions over three years to support scientific and technical research. This research aligns with agency’ priorities, including understanding our changing environment and advancing long-term…

HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit  TOKYO—March 21, 2023—ispace, inc., a global lunar exploration company, announced today that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander is now safely orbiting the Moon following a lunar orbit insertion maneuver, thereby successfully completing Success 7 of its Mission 1 Milestones.  The Mission 1 Lander performed its…

HAKUTO-R M1 Lunar Lander Completes All Deep Space Maneuvers Prior to Lunar Orbit Insertion TOKYO—March 18, 2023—ispace, inc., (ispace) a global lunar exploration company, today announced that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander has successfully completed Success 6 of its Mission 1 Milestones by completing all deep space orbital control maneuvers before lunar orbital insertion…