On January 8, 2024 the Astrobotic Mission One for the Peregrine spacecraft flawlessly launched atop a United Launch Alliance new Vulcan rocket but unfortunately shortly after launch and after the spacecraft reported in without any issues, an anomaly occurred which doomed the mission. The root cause has now been identified.
Read More »NGen Announces $4.6 Million in “Moonshot” Lunar ISRU Funding
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) , the non-profit industry association that runs one of Canada’s five Global Innovation Clusters, announced today that they will be providing $4.6 million in private- and public-sector funding for six space-sector projects.
Read More »Artemis III Moonwalks and Terrestrial Training
It’s just a coincidence, but Arizona is the location of both NASA training and Western University Planetary Surface Processes Field School this month.
Read More »New Details Available on Lunar Terrain Vehicle Proposals
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.
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