A new paper from the Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy provides a synopsis of the emerging In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) sector.
Read More »NASA sets tentative dates for Artemis I moon launch
Today is International Moon Day and the 53rd anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on NASA’s famed Apollo 11 mission. It’s is also yet another day NASA has attempted to set dates for the oft-delayed Artemis I mission.
Read More »NASA’s VIPER lunar rover mission delayed into 2024
NASA’s schedule for the Artemis program was always unrealistic at the funding levels it had to work with. Now comes another delay, this time for NASA’s VIPER lunar rover mission.
Read More »DND’s Gray Jay satellites on track for Q4 2023 launch
If all goes to plan, the Department of National Defence’s (DND) trio of ‘Gray Jay’ microsatellites will be launched into Low Earth orbit in the fourth quarter of 2023. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Canadian Space Agency opens up Space R&D opportunity
The Canadian Space Agency has announced the next Space Technology Development Program (STDP) opportunity, AO 7.3 Space R&D, with upwards of $3.5M in funding available.
Read More »National Defence QUEYSSAT supported payload set for launch tonight
Virgin Orbit’s scheduled launch of the “Straight Up” mission tonight includes the QUEYSSAT communications demonstration payload, a collaboration of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Canadian Department of National Defence (DOD).
Read More »Rocket Lab’s launch of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon will feature new capabilities
Rocket Lab's now well-known for their Electron Rockets, and one of them is about to carry NASA and Advanced Space’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission on the first leg of its trip to the Moon. It’s Rocket Lab’s new Photon vehicle and its HyperCurie engine that will bring CAPSTONE the rest of the way, though, and Photon’s maiden voyage …
Read More »Nüvü Cameras technology to be used in nüSpace nanosatellites
The Nüvü Cameras electron-multiplying camera technology used in NASA’s upcoming Roman Observation Satellite will soon be available for low Earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellites. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Space Flight Laboratory successfully demonstrates drag sail technology
Toronto based Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) announced today it had successfully demonstrated its drag sail technology when the CanX-7 satellite deorbited last month.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency provides $1.75M for 7 Moon infrastructure ideas
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded contracts to five companies, including a startup, to conduct studies for seven infrastructure ideas for the Moon.
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