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Five companies have won spots on NASA’s potential $2.6B Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract, bringing the total number of awardees to 14.
Read More »NASA Adds Five Firms to $2.6B Lunar Payload Services Contract; Jim Bridenstine Quoted
Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX In Talks With Army Over Starlink, Starship
Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer at SpaceX and a 2019 Wash100 award winner, said the company sees the U.S. Army as a potential client for its Starship space vehicle and Starlink satellite constellation, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
Read More »Air Force Selects Eight Firms for $986M Follow-On Launch Services IDIQ
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential nine-year, $986M contract to eight companies for space launch mission support to the Department of Defense and other government agencies as part of Orbital Services Program-4.
Read More »NASA Selects 14 Firms for Lunar, Mars Exploration Tech Development Projects
NASA has awarded 14 companies contracts worth approximately $43.2M combined to develop technologies for the space agency’s lunar and Mars exploration programs.
Read More »Boeing-Built X-37B Space Plane Breaks Program Mark of 717 Days
A Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) space plane has recorded nearly 719 days in orbit since the U.S. Air Force launched the unmanned spacecraft in September 2017 aboard a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket from Space Coast in Florida, the Space website reported Monday.
Read More »NASA Picks 13 Firms for Space Tech Development Partnerships
NASA has selected 13 companies that will work with the space agency’s centers to further develop space technologies for use in future lunar and Mars exploration missions.
Read More »SpaceX Tests ‘Starhopper’ Launch System Prototype
SpaceX conducted a free flight of its Starhopper prototype launch vehicle following a brief attempt a day earlier at the company’s south Texas-based facility, SpaceNews reported Friday.
Read More »NASA Taps SpaceX to Help Launch Polarized X-Ray Mission in 2021
SpaceX has received a contract to help NASA launch an observatory designed to help scientists discover astronomical details in space. NASA said Tuesday it estimates the cost of the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer mission, which is scheduled for an April 2021 launch, will reach $50.3M.
Read More »Air Force, SpaceX Launch First DoD Mission on Falcon Heavy Rocket
SpaceX has launched its Falcon Heavy rocket on a mission to help the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center deliver 24 satellites for the Department of Defense and other government customers into space, TechCrunch reported Tuesday.
Read More »NASA Taps Eight Companies to Study Space Comms for Scientific, Economic Benefits
NASA has awarded eight U.S. firms a total of $4M to investigate concepts that will aid existing and future space transmission systems. The goal of their five-month research period is to gain data that will assist near-Earth missions that are scheduled to begin in the mid-2020s. The agency said Thursday …
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