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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 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…

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…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — New technology is a key to helping NASA advance its long-term exploration goals for the benefit of all. To support its effort, the agency announced Thursday it will create two new institutes to develop technology in critical areas for engineering and climate research.   Two new Space Technology Research Institutes (STRIs) will…

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Space Systems Command (SCC) through its partnership with NASA, successfully launched the Space Test Program-Houston 9 (STP-H9) mission, which will deliver eight DoD Space Test Program (STP) experimental payloads to NASA’s International Space Station (ISS).   In the next few days robotic operators at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and in Japan Exploration…