Jim Bridenstine, former administrator of NASA and a previous Wash100 awardee, has joined Acorn Growth Companies, an Oklahoma City-based private equity firm focused on investing in defense, aerospace and intelligence companies, as a senior adviser. “Jim’s wealth of knowledge in the space, military, aerospace and engineering sectors will be invaluable …
Read More »NASA Picks 14 Companies for $372M in Space Exploration Tech Dev’t Projects; Jim Bridenstine Quoted
NASA has awarded 14 companies contracts worth approximately $372.2M combined to develop technologies for the agency’s lunar and Mars exploration programs. The proposals were selected under the fifth solicitation for the Tipping Point program and address three topic areas: lunar surface, cryogenic fluid management and closed-loop descent and landing capability.
Read More »Leanne Caret, President & CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Receives Fourth Consecutive Wash100 Award
Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), accepted her fourth consecutive Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic on Monday. Caret received her fourth Wash100 Award for her continued leadership in the development of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, winning major defense contracts for the company and accelerating influential aerospace technology.
Read More »ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Launches NASA’s Perseverance Rover for Mars 2020 Mission
A United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Perseverance rover lifted off Thursday from a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as part of the Mars 2020 mission.
Read More »NASA to Unveil Launch Services Partner for ‘VIPER’ Lunar Research Mission
NASA is set to hold a teleconference on Wednesday to announce its selected payload delivery services provider that will support the agency’s mission to study the moon’s south pole.
Read More »Northrop Books $187M NASA Contract to Develop Lunar Gateway Crew Module
NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a $187M contract to conduct initial design and development efforts for the habitation module of a lunar outpost to support the Artemis mission.
Read More »NASA Awards $967M in Artemis Lander Dev’t Contracts to Dynetics, Blue Origin, SpaceX
Blue Origin, Leidos’ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics subsidiary and SpaceX have won 10-month contracts worth $967M combined to design and build human landing systems for NASA's Artemis moon mission in 2024.
Read More »NASA to Name Artemis Lander Contractors in Teleconference
NASA is set to reveal the contractors it selected to develop human landing systems for a manned lunar mission in 2024. The space agency said Tuesday it will facilitate a teleconference on Thursday to make the announcement.
Read More »Masten Space Systems Awarded $76M to Help NASA Deliver Lunar Sci-Tech Payloads
NASA has awarded Masten Space Systems a potential $75.9M contract to provide a vehicle that will carry nine instruments being built to support the agency's manned lunar exploration goals. The company will use its X-1 lunar lander to deliver payloads designed to facilitate precision landing tests and studies on the Moon's radiation and surface composition, NASA said Thursday.
Read More »NASA to Mark Launch of SpaceX’s Crewed ISS Flight With ‘Worm’ Insignia; Jim Bridenstine Quoted
NASA has announced the return of the “worm” logo to mark the launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft atop the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to transport astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the Demo-2 mission. SpaceX’s first manned flight to the ISS is scheduled to occur by mid- or late-May, NASA said Thursday.
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