NASA has released the Source Selection Statement for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract that provides details including costs and evaluation scores on the three companies selected, Intuitive Machines, Venturi Astrolab and Lunar Outpost. MDA is a team member of the Lunar Outpost proposal.
Read More »Mission Control’s Spacefarer Platform to be Used on Astrobotic Lunar CubeRover
Yesterday at the 39th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Ottawa’s Mission Control and Pittsburgh based Astrobotic Technology announced a partnership that will see the Astrobotic lunar CubeRover use the Mission Control Spacefarer operations platform.
Read More »MDA Space Part of Team Awarded NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Contract (Updated)
NASA selected three companies for the next phase of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle program for the Artemis program. The Lunar Dawn Team includes MDA.
Read More »Canadensys Wins Contract to Help Design Test Demonstrator for Lunar Greenhouse
Bolton, Ontario’s Canadensys Aerospace has received a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to work on lunar agriculture. According to the announcement, they will specifically be assisting with design work on subsystems for a “Ground Test Demonstrator” (GTD) of a Lunar Greenhouse. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. …
Read More »After a Soft Lunar Touchdown, Canadensys Plans More Missions to the Moon
Technology from Ontario’s Canadensys Aerospace was recently on the first U.S. Moon lander to make a soft touchdown in more than 50 years, since the Apollo 17 human landing mission of 1972.
Read More »Simple Error Could Have Resulted in Intuitive Machines Mission Failure
At this stage of the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission, there is good reason for the company and NASA to celebrate. The Odysseus descent and landing was mostly successful. The news that the spacecraft tipped over and possibly broke a “leg” though does take some shine off the exuberance. However, what was barely discussed at the almost hour and a half news conference Friday was the …
Read More »Intuitive Machines Odysseus Lands on the Moon
It was a nail bitting experience and it took some time to get confirmation, but Intuitive Machines has successfully landed its robotic spacecraft Odysseus on the Moon’s south pole. It is the first time in over 50 years that an American spacecraft has landed on the Moon and the first ever successful south pole landing as well as the first successful commercial landing.
Read More »CSA Issues RFP for Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Science Instruments
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Science Instruments.
Read More »Intuitive Machines IM-1 Spacecraft Begins Journey to the Moon with Canadian Technology
A SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocketed into the dark sky at 1:05 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A in Florida with the Intuitive Machines IM-1 spacecraft and began its week long journey to the Moon. Canadian technology from Canadensys Aerospace and MDA are onboard.
Read More »New Polytechnique Montréal Astrolith Research Unit Pushes for the Moon
As Canada pushes for its first-ever human Moon mission and lunar rover in the coming few years, a new research unit in “lunar engineering” at Polytechnique Montréal aims to boost Canadian resources and infrastructure in that field.
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