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Peru, Slovakia Join US-Led Artemis Accords
Peru and Slovakia have signed the Artemis Accords, making them the 41st and 42nd countries, respectively, to join the U.S.-led initiative that provides a set of principles designed to guide civil space...
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Advanced Cooling Technologies Secures NASA Contract for Rollout Purge Units
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has awarded Advanced Cooling Technologies a contract worth over $6 million to design, manufacture and test two rollout purge units for NASA’s Mobile Launcher 2. The RPUs...
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NASA Announces Hubble Telescope Could Soon Go on Solo Gyro Mode
The Hubble Space Telescope could soon operate on a single gyroscope as NASA extends its life without the need for commercial servicing. On Tuesday, the U.S. space agency announced that one of the...
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Terran Orbital Expands Capabilities Under NASA Rapid IV Multiaward Contract
Terran Orbital has added its Nebula and Ambassador micro space vehicle platforms to the NASA Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV On-Ramp III contract, which already offers the 6U Triumph and 12U Renegade...
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Byron McClain: Spacecom Mulls Concepts on Smaller Space Domain Awareness...
Bryon McClain, the Space Systems Command’s program executive officer for space domain awareness and combat power, said Spacecom is considering concepts for smaller spacecraft to augment the satellite...
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Blue Canyon Technologies Satellites Launched for NASA’s Climate Mission
Blue Canyon Technologies, a subsidiary of RTX specializing in small satellite manufacturing, has established communications with two cube satellites built for NASA’s Polar Radiant Energy in the Far...
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NASA Names Jonathan Lunine as Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Chief Scientist
NASA has announced the appointment of Jonathan Lunine as chief scientist of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, effective Aug. 16. Lunine, who has a doctorate in planetary science from the California Institute...
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NASA Pursues New Methods for Mars Sample Return
NASA is sponsoring 10 new studies conducted by aerospace companies and internal research centers to develop cost-effective and faster ways to return Martian samples collected by the Perseverance rover...
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Amentum Services Awarded Potential $256M NASA Contract for Ames Research...
NASA has tapped Amentum Services to provide mission-critical services at its Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services 2 contract,...
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NRO Renews Subscription to BlackSky’s Geospatial Imagery Services
BlackSky Technology announced that it has secured a new one-year subscription contract from the National Reconnaissance Office for high-frequency Earth imaging and analytics services. The subscription...
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Space Force Officials Discuss Potential Artificial Intelligence Uses in...
U.S. Space Force officials have agreed that artificial intelligence will play a significant role in current and future military operations. In the opening remarks of a recent forum hosted by the Space...
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NASA Taps SpaceX for JPSS-4 Satellite Launch
NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract worth approximately $112.7 million for the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s JPSS-4 satellite. The satellite is a critical component...
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Proof of Capability Seen as Challenge to SDA’s Multi-Contractor Approach on...
A new Aerospace Corp. study indicates that the Space Development Agency’s acquisition model involving multiple suppliers for its proliferated warfighting space architecture unlocks the rapid supply of...
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NASA Completes Commercial Space Station Component Burst Pressure Test
NASA, Blue Origin and Sierra Space have completed a full-scale ultimate burst pressure test for the LIFE habitat structure, a component of the NASA-funded Orbital Reef commercial space station. The...
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MemComputing to Develop HPC Solution for Satellites
The Air Force has awarded MemComputing a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract to provide a high-performance computing solution for the Air Force Research Laboratory. AFRL’s Space...
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MemComputing Lands Contract to Help US Government Address Space Debris
https://potomacofficersclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/memcomputing-lands-contract-to-help.mp3 MemComputing, a company specializing in high-performance computing, has been awarded a contract to...
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NASA Announces Winners of Entrepreneur’s Challenge
https://potomacofficersclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/nasa-announces-seven-winners.mp3 NASA has announced the seven winners of its Entrepreneur’s Challenge program, an effort to seek new ideas...
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Jacobs’ Mango One Satellite Completes On-Orbit Performance
Jacobs has announced a successful on-orbit performance of its Mango One satellite, which was launched in January aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter One rideshare mission. Mango One completed...
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Space Force to Launch Cybersecurity Certification Program for Commercial...
https://potomacofficersclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/space-force-to-launch-cybersecurity.mp3 The U.S. Space Force is reportedly close to launching a new cybersecurity certification process for...
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Mercury Systems to Provide Solid-State Data Recorders for NASA’s Mineralogy...
Mercury Systems, an aerospace and defense company, said it will provide solid-state data recorders for NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation science mission. Led by NASA’s Jet...
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